They are doing such important work for such few rewards. Asked what makes his trip different from federal task forces on Child Care which have traveled in Canada in recent years Howard talks about the mode of transportation allowing him to learn so much more. When you come into Whitehorse on a bike you see much more, you have time to reflect, you get a much better sense of how people are molded and shaped. Mr. Day Care is very fit. Now that the extended family is not functioning as it used to, society needs new infrastrucutres to take the place of the extended family.
Quality comes through an infrastructure that is caring, just as the extended family is caring.
He also says the leadership will not come from bureaucrats, the leadership will come from the grass roots. This article first appeared in Family Resource Centre News, Vol. 3, No. 4, August 1992, published by the Yukon Child Care Association.