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House Hansard - 203

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 31, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • May/31/23 10:28:22 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague from Nanaimo—Ladysmith brought back to mind something that my colleagues in this place might find incredible. In 1992, when I was a single mom making $24,000 a year as a self-employed contractor and executive director of Sierra Club Canada, I hired a babysitting firm. I was able to hire a caregiver for $1,000 a month. Since she made only $1,000 a month, she had 100% subsidized child care for her children while she looked after my daughter. None of it made any sense to me. I would like to see this legislation through. I would like to make sure that every child in this country has access to high-quality early childhood education and learning and child care.
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