Finance committee  You may be right, but both measures are necessary. Funds must also be given directly to parents. You had an excellent family allowance program which you eliminated. We need universal measures, to direct funds to people, both those who choose to stay at home and to daycares. Dayca

Finance committee  You have a greater need for this in Quebec, because Quebec has the lowest birth rate in the western world.

Finance committee  Thank you. You asked what programs government should set up and what tax measures should be in place. Your instinct to pay down national debt likely involves cutting spending and getting more people to pay tax, yet those things don't always work together. If you want more peopl