Mr. Speaker, my question is regarding the debate on child care which is going on right across the country.
I am really disappointed with the Conservative platform. For the life of me I cannot understand what a payment of $1,200 has to do with child care.
In Canada we have the national child tax benefit. For the past 10 years it has paid money to lower income families. It has been very welcome. If the $1,200 was an increase in that, I certainly would welcome it myself. My only problem with it would be it would be money better spent by the government if it were means tested.
How could a payment of $1,200 possibly be classified as child care?