Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, I got to bat for day care programs regularly. Most recently was last week when I was in Ottawa with Minister Dryden. I would agree that we need to look at putting more money into the program, but as I said to the Members, we had thought that, given the other pressing issues that we have...I have talked to parents all across the Northwest Territories who tell me how much money they need to see added to funding for special needs. I talk to teachers about the pressures in the classroom. We talk about all of the other needs that we have, whether it's more funding for the food basket for income support, whether it's more funding for seniors and how much we can give them through the fuel subsidy or through their pensions. We have all sorts of pressures and all sorts of programs that this government hasn't been able to adequately support. We thought we had an opportunity here to find some extra money from the federal government. That's really where the anger should be directed, is at somebody who offered all Canadians an opportunity to take advantage of a national program and yet they're saying that North of 60 we just don't get it.
Charles Dent on Question 268-15(4): Funding For Day Care Services
In the Legislative Assembly on October 25th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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