Mr. Speaker, that is certainly important. It verges on the issue today insofar as it is an issue of equalization with some equality in terms of choices.
Too many governments get into that habit. Certainly at the federal level the Liberals do it all the time. I would agree with my colleague.
As a party we have made the plain and clear statement that we would allow people to make the choice. A husband and wife could make the choice, whether it be institutional day care, or perhaps one of the spouses who does not have a full time job, or an aunt, a grandparent, a relative. They could make their own arrangements. This would provide real equality.
Certainly in that area rather than the government dipping in, there are things we could do by way of the tax code in terms of rebates and those types of things so that parents could make their own choices. We would insist upon that. In this way again it is equality and fairness because individuals make the choices.
With a province, if it has the proper revenues, instead of those being siphoned and sucked up by the federal government, the province could make the proper choices since it is closer to the people. That level of government can follow the needs in its particular situation in a way that better serves the people in that province.