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{
"time": "2006-05-04 17:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Peggy Nash",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"37020\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I think what is a national embarrassment is that a country with the wealth of Canada has no national child care program for our nation's children. It is an embarrassment that previous governments have not seen fit to use the resources of this country to make the care of our kids, from the earliest years, a national priority. I would argue that what is an embarrassment is that the current government and the previous government have not led the people of Canada to the creation of a program like those of most other advanced countries.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"37021\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would argue that the real choice for parents is whether they want to have their children in early childhood education or not and that this be available for all children whether their parents work or not. It is common sense. We have the resources to do it. Again I ask the question to all of us here in the House, why have we failed and why are we failing to do this?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"37020\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pense que ce qui est une honte nationale c'est qu'un pays riche comme le Canada n'a pas de programme national de garderies pour les enfants canadiens. C'est une honte que les gouvernements pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents n'aient pas jug\u00e9 bon d'utiliser les ressources canadiennes pour traiter comme une priorit\u00e9 nationale les services destin\u00e9s aux enfants canadiens, d\u00e8s la petite enfance. Je soutiens que ce qui est honteux c'est que le gouvernement actuel et que le gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent n'ont pas propos\u00e9 aux Canadiens la cr\u00e9ation d'un programme de garderies comparable \u00e0 ceux de la plupart des pays avanc\u00e9s. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"37021\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je soutiens que le v\u00e9ritable choix qu'on devrait offrir aux parents est d'inscrire leurs enfants dans un programme d'\u00e9ducation pr\u00e9scolaire. Un tel programme devrait \u00eatre \u00e0 la port\u00e9e de tous les enfants, que leurs parents travaillent ou non. C'est une question de bon sens. Le Canada a les ressources pour offrir un tel programme. Encore une fois, je demande aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s pourquoi le gouvernement n'a pas offert un tel programme jusqu'ici et pourquoi encore aujourd'hui il ne le fait pas? </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/5/4/peggy-nash-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/peggy-nash/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/522/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1517135",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Child Care",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/5/4/",
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}