Mr. Chair, the finance minister often talks about investments. Can he tell us how much is returned to the Canadian economy for every dollar invested in child care?
Let me preempt this, because I suspect that the minister is not actually going to either know or care to answer. It is $1.75. For every dollar we put into child-care spaces, we get $1.75 back to the Canadian economy. They would kill for such an investment in any program they have offered to Canadians so far. Why not take up this opportunity to help Canadian families and help our economy at the same time?