Of course, I completely agree. As to the question of everybody just remaining...and provinces being left to do whatever they want with respect to day care, it's likely that these spaces wouldn't have been created. You're looking at an innovative program that one province did and exporting it across the country with the aid of the federal government, but leaving provinces within their jurisdictions to have flexibility with respect to how the programs are managed. They have the right to sign agreements with the federal government, or not sign if they don't want the program. I think that's an important thing.
Let me come to another question, because I think a fair point was raised.
Mr. Thompson, you know I like to ask a lot about contracts and their terms. What were the terms in, presumably, the template agreements we started with—obviously negotiating with each province with respect to reporting—and why was it difficult to have reporting initially? I assume that all of the provinces started from a different place with respect to the information they had available and the creation of systems that would allow them to know such things as whether or not they had a wait-list.
Can you talk to me about what was initially asked for by the federal government and what the negotiation process was like with respect to the different provinces on that point about data collection?