Madam Speaker, day care services do not meet the growing needs of families in Canada and Quebec.
The lack of day care spaces and the cost often prohibitive of this essential service is causing a prejudice to women. In many cases, they cannot work outside the home. Not only are they deprived of their right to work, but also, for those who are single parents, they are being condemned to poverty.
However, I want to pay tribute to the courage and dedication of the day care employees who do a tremendous job looking after our children, and this for far less than adequate wages.
In this year of the family, it is high time that government acts and invests in a day care network rather than keep saying it is important.