Finance committee  I would have preferred that the national child care program be kept.

Finance committee  It is a first step. Further to that, as I said, we need to do much more. Families need help in the area of early childhood education. So I don't agree with this issue, but I think it's giving.... You're looking at child care in some formal way, but it does need to be looked at a lot more.

Finance committee  It's interesting. I received a number of items in the mail the other day talking about crime and how we can tackle crime. What we need to look at is dealing with children in their formative years so that, if we invest in child care now, we're not going to be investing in tackling crime in years to come.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the time today. The federal government has recently taken important steps towards acknowledging the importance of child care in Canada. The Canadian government's contribution of $1,200 to families with children under the age of six is an admirable and important first step.