Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I realize that there are many issues surrounding this. I am simply looking for an indication from the Minister that he is quite willing to continue to work on this and to help try to find a solution. I know he continues to say it is a money issue and we come up against that.
I have been here long enough to know that there has been money found for a lot of projects since I have sat on this side of the House, money that was not there. They kept saying there was no money and all of a sudden, the money has appeared, and far more money than what we are talking about here, Mr. Chairman. Somehow it has come into play. They have found it. I think with this situation, if there is a will, there is a way and we can make it happen.
On another issue, I would like to mention briefly the harmonization program that has been worked on. I hope it is not scrapped too early, because from my perspective and the research that I have done on it, it is very helpful to a lot of people, in my riding anyway. It is helpful to a lot more people than it would do harm.
I am glad to see that maybe the department is willing to slow it down a little bit to make sure that all the bases are covered. If someone is adversely affected, certain parts of the population, then I think that should be addressed but I would encourage the department to not scrap that too quickly.
Another issue I would like to touch on is the support for day care centres, as mentioned in the opening comments here. It is an issue that has been around for a while that I have had to address. It is unfortunate that we have had some day cares that have had to close down because there was no funding out there for them.
I would like to ask the Minister if the money that is being earmarked now for day cares, how many day cares are lined up to get some of this funding? Has it been already put out there? How many day cares do you anticipate being able to help with this funding that you have now? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.