Mr. Speaker, the member for St. Paul's talks about flexibility. I would like to remind her that child care is an integral part of family policy. In our opinion, it is most definitely a matter of provincial jurisdiction and thus a matter for Quebec.
As everyone knows, Quebec has its own, well integrated day care system. I will come back to this later.
The opposition motion talks of a Canada-wide system. This is blatant meddling in areas under Quebec's jurisdiction.
I would like to put the following question to the member. Would she be prepared to allow Quebec to opt out unconditionally with full compensation?