Finance committee  It's an extremely good question. I do look at it that way. When we were a country that had a more rural economy, children were educated at home and learned to read almost before they could go to school. The economic reality of the time was that they needed children to go to schoo

Finance committee  Yes, it certainly is. If you look at it from a person's life cycle from zero to when they're working and when they become seniors, the policies that affect the workforce in the global economy also affect the ability to move from province to province in this country. When people

Finance committee  Of those people who are going through the system now between ages zero and twelve, in six short years the older ones will be voting and entering universities. They will be starting their own families shortly after that, so the importance of starting early across Canada with the s

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. The federation doesn't take a stand on how moneys are divided and spent. We focus on quality and early learning in child care. I think the focus would need to be on how those policies are affecting the actual quality of early learning and child care f

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear here today. Child care is a key component for securing Canada's place in a competitive world. I'm very pleased to represent the Canadian Child Care Federation, Canada's largest