Thank you, Madam Chair. Family day homes are treated in the regulations, Child Daycare Act standard regulations. So it's how they're licensed. They're licensed for three space types. They can have two infants, four spaces for preschools, and two for out of school spaces. So, really, there's a limit to the number of children that they can have in care. And that's really what differentiates them from a centre-based program which has another set of space and supervisory requirements. And, again, because the current Child Daycare Act is really focused on child safety, wellness within the context of those programs.

As the Minister indicated, from a funding perspective we do treat family day homes differently currently than we would with centre-based programs. However, there are a host of different ECE programs that are provided to both types of licensed child care facilities. So one would be the early childhood program. The Member remember that one as the primary vehicle for funding licensed programs over the past number of years. And that is currently an attendance-based program based on actual attendance. So there are other sources of revenue for family day homes other than the program currently being discussed. Thank you, Madam Chair.