David Ramsay
Statements in Debates
Debates of
, (day 39)
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Braden.
Debates of
, (day 39)
Clause 28.
Debates of
, (day 27)
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.
Debates of
, (day 27)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, free rent is a subsidy. I don’t care how you add it up. Free rent absolutely is a subsidy. I think the Minister does have a problem on his hands. I don’t know how they propose to address that problem. Again, I know the Minister said that he was going to have a look at this, but what type of solution can the Minister provide us with? There is a problem here. At the day care in my riding, Mr. Speaker, we are talking about 40 full-time spaces. We are talking about 20 part-time spaces. We can’t afford to lose any more day care spaces, Mr. Speaker....
Debates of
, (day 27)
Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Minister.
Debates of
, (day 27)
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.
Debates of
, (day 27)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. It gets back again to the issue of fairness and equity in the government’s providing funding to non-profit day cares. Just the other day, the Minister stated that by providing, in essence, free rent and free maintenance to some operators, they have a bit of a leg up he guesses. But, Mr. Speaker, that leg up might as well be Godzilla’s leg up for some of these other operators, which amounts to $100,000. That, Mr. Speaker, is definitely a bit of a leg up, if I could say so.
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Debates of
, (day 27)
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Murray.
Debates of
, (day 27)
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.
Debates of
, (day 27)
Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think we have a serious situation on our hands with the possibility of non-profit day cares not being able to operate because they're not on the same level playing field that I believe that they should be on, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to ask the Minister of Public Works and Services if they've ever had discussions regarding whether or not Public Works and Services and the Department of Education could look at providing something like rent subsidies, or something to that effect, so that all non-profit day cares are on the same page, Mr. Speaker? Thank...