Human Resources committee  We know that $100 a month does not create child care. And certainly we work in rural, remote, and northern communities all across Canada, where even with this $100 a month going to every child of the appropriate age in the community, they're still losing ground, not gaining groun

Human Resources committee  I'll take a few minutes and then I will let Jane continue. We both come from rural communities. I live on a hundred acres outside a small hamlet called Feversham. It is a farming community, and 20 years ago it had no services within about an hour's drive. It was part of a regio

Human Resources committee  Certainly in our work in developing the national strategy paper, which again included people who both provide and operate child care from every province and territory, we spent a long time on the non-profit/for-profit issue. From a rural perspective, we don't have the same conc

Human Resources committee  What we're arguing is that we won't remain a country on the issue unless we have federal leadership, and that in fact federal leadership, which includes measurable outcomes and definitions of access for communities, is what's going to allow us to get flexibility at the community

Human Resources committee  It's not. For Rural Voices, no, it's not acceptable, because our organization has people who are participating in every province and territory.

Human Resources committee  So as Rural Voices, we certainly think it wouldn't be. As a Canadian, I think it would be a hell of a start.

Human Resources committee  Are you referring to Quebec?

Human Resources committee  In terms of--and it's your term--a national program or universality, what we're asking for is national leadership. We're not arguing that it's a provincial-territorial jurisdictional issue. In fact, that's what allows us to respond to individual needs and diversity in communities

Human Resources committee  Yes, the only thing we would remind people about from the brief is that when we talk about child care, we mean a whole continuum of services and care that goes well beyond the traditional view of child care. Certainly in this country, and in many provinces and territories, it's r

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon. My name is Carol Gott, and along with my colleague Jane Wilson, I co-manage Rural Voices for Early Childhood Education and Care. Rural Voices is a broker of knowledge, learning, and best practices in early childhood education and care locally, provincially, and