Thank you, Madam Chair. The reality is that we have 22 priorities, and we have said that, when we made those 22 priorities, we did not have all of the information. We did not. We made the information on the information we had, but we did not have all of the information at the time. So, I have said it over and over: we are not going to have enough money to meet everything. We know that. However, for me, and I am making a judgment call here, the availability of childcare versus the affordability, and affordability needs to be taken into consideration, but universal childcare versus available childcare, my priority is having childcare in communities. When we talk about affordability, Madam Chair, higher-income families usually do not need to have subsidies. The lower-income families all qualify for childcare subsidies, so not only do we subsidize the daycare providers between I think it's $15-something to $45 a day, depending on the needs of the child, we also will provide subsidies to parents who are low income and need that extra support. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Caroline Cochrane on Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried
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Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried
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