David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Murray, I’m sorry.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Pokiak. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.

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....

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.

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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Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Murray.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.