Mr. Speaker, children need a loving and caring environment to grow up in. The best person to provide that is a competent parent. What the Reform Party is trying to do is give families the choice and not penalize them for staying at home. Whichever way we cut this, a loving, caring and competent parent is the best person to take care of the children.
In the House of Commons on March 18th, 1999. See this statement in context.