Well, you know I agree with you about the pandemic spending and the frivolous lack of due diligence, but childcare is a good one. I won't be one to benefit from by the time everything gets passed so I don't say this for me. I agreed with the idea even in 2006 when Paul Martin ran with it as a campaign promise and I had no intention on ever becoming a parent at that point.
In the short term it helps get the job market going. There has been a mass exodus of women from the work force because of the pandemic.
In the long term, it's a good measure as I mentioned in my previous post to ensure that parents (mostly mothers), don't end up taking too many years off in order to have children. Many don't end up going back to work because their skills are not longer current.
I don't think child care is a bad thing at all but it is unethical to expect people who aren't even born yet to pay for our social programs. My problem is I don't see this government concerned about actually paying for programs through revenues. It's a borrow and spend bunch we have in Ottawa and I don't see that changing.
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