Yes, child care is a huge issue, and I can speak to this personally. I spent 13 years in post-secondary education, and by the time I was ready for a job and a tenure track position at a university, I was at prime child-bearing age. Many young women who are highly trained in these fields feel the same way. They build their career and put off child rearing altogether. Then it becomes an issue because they may not want to take time outside of their career to raise a family, or they put it off and put it off, and then have issues related to fertility, which is a big issue in women in our community. There are issues of not being able to be up for tenure at the same time as their male colleagues. Many women may not want to take a full year of maternity leave, because you've always got job pressures.
That's not just university. That's in many other positions as well. A lot of women choose to have their children during their masters or PhD, where child care is a huge issue.
So putting money and resources into child care I think is a wonderful way to go.