Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for plugging my book. It is called Strong Families Make a Strong Country .
I understand the thrust of his question. In the budget there is an increase in the child care expense deduction from $5,000 to $7,000 and from $3,000 to $5,000 for older children. Indeed that benefits Canadian parents who choose to have others care for their children while they go to work, earn income and pay taxes.
As I said earlier, this is the first budget of the mandate. We brought in the caregiver tax credit. I put forward a motion to implement a caregiver tax credit for those who provide care in the home to preschool children, the chronically ill, the aged or the disabled.
We have delivered on the disabled. We have delivered on the chronically ill, the infirm and the aged with regard to the caregiver tax credit. We now have an opportunity to look at providing some sort of caregiver tax credit to families who choose to provide direct parental care to their children.
I still support that. I want the member to know that I continue to discuss it with the finance minister and have his assurance the House will be dealing with the issue of unpaid work in Canada.