10 tell us the questions they'd ask; From health care to child care, from amateur sports to greenhouse gases, local personalities pass on questions to Do It Better
Dana Gee
The Province
October 2, 2008

….the five federal leaders once again square off in the second election-campaign debate.

So, what would you like to hear moderator Steve Paikin, of The Agenda, a TV Ontario current affairs program, ask Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion, Jack Layton of the NDP, the Green Party's Elizabeth May and the Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe?

The economy, the environment, health care, the war in Afghanistan? What's on your mind as you get ready to cast your vote on Oct. 14?

We asked a host of interesting people what question they would like to hear asked tonight…

Janet Austin
CEO of YWCA Vancouver

David Dodge, the former governor of the Bank of Canada, contends that a universal program of early learning and care would greatly enhance the success of our education system in the 21st century.

The current $100 a month "child care" benefit has been welcomed by many families as a new version of the old family allowance, but it has not created new spaces that meet the needs of working families.

How would your national government assist the provinces to act on the advice of Dodge, and other economists and education experts, to create real child-care spaces to meet the demands of the 21st century global economy and the demographic challenges in our society?….