Daryl Dolynny

Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Minister Beaulieu, if you’d be kind enough to introduce your witnesses to the House, please.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Moses.

Committee, we are on page 10-25, activity summary, labour development and standards, operations expenditure summary, $10.727 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Heide. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Again, committee, just for reference point, we are still on 10-17. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Minister Beaulieu. Minister Beaulieu, do you have witnesses that you’d like to bring into the House?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate Member Moses for bringing this motion forward. If this isn’t apparently clear right now, you’ve heard from numerous committee members on their passion on this area of early childhood development. Now, we may not always agree on the actual steps or the age group per se, and we know that the department is working quite well in getting their junior kindergarten up and running, and I do support that initiative. You’ve also heard from many committee members that zero to three or the month five to month nine. I’m sure anyone who does enough research can probably...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We will get clarification from the deputy minister, Ms. Eggenhofer.