Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for a question that is very important to many people across the country.
This government is still very much committed to the child care commitment we made in the red book. We have already committed $72 million for a major child care program with aboriginal first peoples. We are negotiating those and we hope to have that program implemented by this fall.
We are very interested in continuing discussions with the provinces to see how we can arrive at a joint matching agreement for child care spaces according to the commitment we made during the election. We certainly would be interested in responding to any provinces interested in talking to us.