Human Resources committee  That would certainly be subject to a legal interpretation of clause 4 in terms of how the opt-out provision for Quebec would work.

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  It's hard, really, to interpret the role the advisory council could play without looking at terms of reference and all of the things that would have to be developed to make an advisory council work. And indeed, that would, I guess, be the choice of those who are responsible for t

Human Resources committee  No.

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

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  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  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