Status of Women committee  I just want to respond. Yes, of course, I think all of us would recognize that parents always are the first and primary caregivers for their children. No one questions that, no one doubts that, and certainly when my children are in school during the day, I'm still their primary

Status of Women committee  The CCAAC vision for child care is one where quality child care services are publicly funded, like schools and libraries, and accessible to all who choose to use them. Services will be totally inclusive, mindful of different families' varying needs and the valuable diversity of o

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I appreciate that.

Status of Women committee  Yes, we are.

Status of Women committee  Okay. We probably won't even take the full 10, though I've said that before. Good afternoon. My name is Monica Lysack. I'm the executive director of the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, and with me today is Emily King, an economist and policy analyst with the CCAAC. I

Human Resources committee  First, I want to say that I actually agree with much of what you have said. Your approach in welcoming healthy debate about public policy is what makes the democracy of Canada so great. Organizations like ours need to continue to have a voice to raise those issues. The fact that

Human Resources committee  I don't have an opportunity to respond, even briefly, to the comment?

Human Resources committee  In my own personal experience, having worked with reserves in Saskatchewan on developing child care services, you are right, it is absolutely the most critical need in the country. Clearly that is an area of federal jurisdiction, and yet when this government a year ago terminated

Human Resources committee  Our organization does not receive one cent of core funding. I'm not sure about many, many years ago. I've been involved with the organization for not quite three years. In that time we have actually had three projects, not two, and these are all on a fee-for-service basis. Much

Human Resources committee  Again, the mandate of our organization--and I've said this before in committees--is not to create child care spaces. That is your job as government. Our job--

Human Resources committee  Our job is to critique public policy.

Human Resources committee  Actually, I'm one of those parents. I have three children. I prefer to be their primary caregiver. I am their primary caregiver as their mother. I prefer to have my family and friends involved in their care whenever that's possible, but the reality of my life, like many others, i

Human Resources committee  I think you're talking about the history project. I'm not sure exactly what you're getting at, but again let me clarify. We do not create child care spaces; that's your job, as government. We advocate around public policy and public education. It's on a fee-for-service basis. W

Human Resources committee  I think you've raised an incredibly important issue. I did allude to it earlier when I gave the example of the child care worker in Alberta who left to work in a restaurant. The people who work in this profession feel it's a calling. They do it because they love what they do; th

Human Resources committee  I am ready to respond. First, let me say that I think it's very telling when members of a committee ask questions that are deflecting from the real issues, and so--