The end of child care

3:06PM - The Mole is bummed. Human Resources "Minister" Diane Finley sent out letters yesterday to Provincial officials informing them that the national child care program started by the Liberals would be cancelled.

This national program of accessible quality care for our kids will be replaced by $1200 a year (taxable) to parents for each child. This will equate to $25 a week - not sure that will help with the 'spaces' issue identified by child care advocates, progessive Premiers, and Mayors across the country. It won't.

As CBC gets ready to air the Tommy Douglas story, it would help us all to think back to when he fought for a national medicare program, and how all Canadians can thank their lucky stars that he did not decide to give every parent $1200 bucks a year and tell them to go start their own health care system.

I guarantee that all Canadians will look back at this day as an enormous missed opportunity.