That is what the government promised the people of Canada. Not a word. Now with the decision to proceed with block funding to the provinces, the federal government relinquishes what little influence it has to encourage the provinces to invest in child care. Also, by slashing billions of dollars from provincial transfers, the government has reduced the ability of the provinces to offer quality child care. This is tragic.
Children are our future.
Young people are our future. Ellen Louks Fairclough within the Order of Canada at Rideau Hall. Ellen Fairclough is widely respected and admired for her outstanding political, social and cultural contributions to Canada. In addition to representing my riding of Hamilton West in the House of Commons from 1950 to 1962, her appointment to the position of Secretary of State in 1957 made her Canada's first woman cabinet minister. Professor Emeritus at McMaster University, John V. Basmajian greatly influenced generations of physicians in training.