Human Resources committee  Where provinces have done their public reporting with respect to spending, we certainly have available how they made those expenditures. They highlight where their system has grown in their reports. We don't have reports for every jurisdiction out yet, so it's a bit of a patchwor

Human Resources committee  One province reported out for 2006. Of course, the difficulty with that question is that it's a bit premature, as they actually have until November of this year to release their reports.

Human Resources committee  The relationship for communities living on-reserve would be with the federal government, and the funding for our programming that goes to aboriginal communities is largely focused on the on-reserve population. We certainly are able to continue that funding, and indeed those progr

Human Resources committee  In the context of the announcement for budget 2007 and the $250 million, we are just embarking on discussions with provincial and territorial officials with respect to how accounting would be done in terms of their reporting. So we can't really answer that question because we hav

Human Resources committee  I hate to say it, but almost all of those estimates are correct. It really does depend on the type of space you're creating—if you're creating spaces for infants, which are more costly, versus for older kids—and it absolutely depends on the region and the market in which you're b

Human Resources committee  I think the cost of creating a space would be different from the cost to a parent for accessing that space.

Human Resources committee  Neither of us is an expert on the Canada Health Act, so it's difficult to comment on that act specifically. Certainly our experience in working with the provinces is one where we try to establish collaborative and partnership arrangements with the provinces in terms of pursuing o

Human Resources committee  I think clearly the production of support to programming for early learning and child care falls to the provinces and the territories.

Human Resources committee  Indeed.

Human Resources committee  I certainly can't compare it to this legislation. I should say that we have an ongoing relationship with the provinces and territories. I think that's part of what's really important in terms of what has been achieved so far. In terms of arriving at agreements, we have worked har

Human Resources committee  Wow, that's a good question.

Human Resources committee  She can look those up, and—

Human Resources committee  One thing I'll say while she's getting the specific numbers is that it's very difficult. The data are very incomplete in that regard. We know a lot about kids who are in regulated child care; we don't know a lot about those kids who are in unregulated and informal child care arra

Human Resources committee  Our interpretation of the bill would be that there are implications, at least at a minor level, with respect to establishing the proposed advisory committee and what not, and then it does speak to government funds that are flowed to the provinces. Indeed, it would be up to the fe

Human Resources committee  The answer on that is the same as the previous answer, which is that the money flows through the CST, so it doesn't have conditions placed upon it. Indeed, it would flow out and the provinces are able to spend it as they choose to. We have, to date, had commitments from all the