Speaker, I want to thank the Minister of Long-Term Care for this opportunity to speak today.

Let’s just take stock of where we’re at.

When we came to office in 2018, child care was prohibitive for so many families—it increased by 400% under the former Liberal Party. This government came to power, and we cut fees by 50%. We committed to build 86,000 spaces. We committed to a historic increase of salary for our hard-working ECEs. And, yes, we committed to go even further—down to $10 a day. That is a record that is leaving a legacy of affordability for the working parents of this province that we all, as parliamentarians, should be proud of.

We worked across party lines to do what’s right, to enable higher rates of women’s economic participation, under the strong leadership of the minister of women’s economic opportunities.

We’re working together to make life affordable, to cut fees, increase spaces, and give hope to parents that they do not have to make a choice of raising their kids or working—no longer in this province.