That is a really important and rich question. There are a number of dimensions to it.
I didn't get a chance to complete my earlier answer in reference to national defence. As you may know, there's a very significant investment—$100 million—to expand child care services within the Department of National Defence. We are collaborating with DND on that. I've had conversations with my counterpart. In fact, I invited her to present to the provinces, to your point, so DND could benefit from the wisdom of running child care centres that exist in the provinces and vice versa. There is an exchange in rolling out different child care supports.
Some of the same needs you were referring to in the Canadian Forces in terms of demand for child care outside of normal hours.... We see that in a whole bunch of other areas too, such as with major projects. I've seen companies that are interested in major projects really lean into doing child care planning. They can't attract a workforce unless there are child care supports.
The idea of designing child care delivery to meet the needs of atypical schedules is critical. I think it's recognized as an area that would benefit from even more sharing of best practices.
