Child care bill in the house
By Shaun Thomas
The Northern View
Nov 15 2006

MP Nathan Cullen is hoping a new bill before the House of Commons will help families on the North Coast and across Canada when it comes to providing care for their children.

"The bill was introduce by Olvia Chow, one of our MPs, and it creates child care on the same level as medicare. It creates a national child care system and turns the hand of the government to support a child care system much in the same way as when we pushed for a national child care system under Tommy Douglas," he said.

While the bill was introduced by the NDP, Cullen is confident that it will find the support it needs to make it all the way through the proceedings of the house.

"It should have the support of the opposition members and some government members should show support for it as well. Everything piece of evidence we have about social mobility, childhood obesity, learning rates, all of those key things about a young person's growth and development point to needing the options of good quality child care."