Many of my residents are in the trucking business and in manufacturing and food processing, and most of them have elders. They can provide child care. Money from the Canada child benefit is also helping those families.
I know we need child care. That is why it was in the throne speech. I was very impressed when I heard that.
The “National Progress Report on Early Learning and Child Care 2017–18” states:
Research shows that high-quality child care supports positive child-development outcomes, particularly among children from disadvantaged families. Studies indicate that high-quality early learning and child care (ELCC) has positive effects on child cognitive and social development, improves school-readiness, and creates a foundation for lifelong learning.
Ms. Mrozek, can you explain to the committee whether women hit hard by the pandemic who don't have the luxury of affording private care and don't have family members to depend on will be realistically able to participate in the workplace with a publicly supported child care system?