I just want to clarify. The $5,100 is the Canada child tax benefit. About 90% of Canadians who have children currently receive the Canada child tax benefit. It's going to reach $3,200 this summer. We're saying increase it to $5,100, which would be the approximate additional cost to help raise a child.
One option would be, instead of the $100 universal child care allowance that is available for everyone who has a child under six, to flow that money to increase the Canada child tax benefit, which is both income-tested and is a non-taxable benefit. So I'm sure for those parents who are currently receiving the $100 cheque, we would argue that a fairer way would be to increase the Canada child tax benefit. That's one thing.
Secondly, in terms of child care, we're talking about building a national, accessible, affordable child care system. When we say flexible, ideally we're talking about flexibility in terms of hours, because, as you so rightly saw, particularly parents working on shift work do not necessarily have access to it.
We want to talk about increasing the system so that's it available to more people and so that it's a good-quality system, so that parents have the option to use that system. Right now, if you're on a waiting list—many of us have been on a waiting list for many years—it's extremely frustrating. There is no system there that one can rely on.