And the line of the day goes to Conservative MP Rona Ambrose who said
...a poll for the Vanier Institute of the Family had shown "almost 100 per cent of young working moms and dads in Canada" would care for their own children at home if they could afford to do so.
...Dryden said polls can be contradictory. "As parents we all want to spend more time with our kids. For lots of reasons – economic, social, for reasons of independence – we don't. ... The fact is, the great majority of parents with kids are both in the workplace."
That brought this retort from Ambrose:
"We fought long and hard for the right to vote, for the right to participate in universities and the work force, and the right to make our own choices. We don't need old white guys telling us what to do."
Apparently the right to your own children and not be punished tax-wise has not won the day.
There is a previous go around between MP Ambrose and Finance Minister Goodale on MP Ambrose's homepage.
