Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  I appreciate that. While it is a great tactic to deflect from the real issue by making insinuations about federal funding to organizations and so on, you're right--the bottom line here is what this means for Canada, for our future productivity. Is this an issue about children? Is

Finance committee  Let me say first of all that we did not support the previous government's position. If you look at our long history, we have spent many years happily harassing whoever was in government. So no one should feel particularly picked on. Our vision is a universal system of early lear

Finance committee  I would hate to see you be confused about the purpose of different grants, and of course there are—

Finance committee  That's not our purpose.

Finance committee  Our purpose is to support that vision.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. No, it is not in fact our organization's mandate and never was our claim that we would actually create spaces. We support a public policy dialogue, give voice to those—particularly women—who do not have access to early learning and child care spaces as they'

Finance committee  Yes, we did.

Finance committee  No. Let me be clear about how our organization uses our funding, because I think you're getting at some things or are making perhaps some implications that aren't quite correct. As I said, we have agreements for all funding we receive federally for a fee for service. We have a

Finance committee  I apologize for my inability to respond in French. Legislation is not a guarantee of anything, but it certainly solidifies and provides a structure that is more difficult to undo. So legislation is a good beginning where we have nothing else. I agree that other things have to be

Finance committee  Hi. My name is Monica Lysack. I'm the executive director of the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada. The CCAC was founded in 1983 to promote quality, inclusive, publicly funded, non-profit child care accessible to all. The association's membership reaches more than four mi

Finance committee  There is nothing for child care, so against it.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I agree that it's been identified as a priority, but I don't necessarily agree that it's been acted on as a priority.

Finance committee  Yes, it's been identified as a priority. I don't agree that it's been made a priority.