[skippy the wonder dog]

Who's to say that the government needs to run the day-cares in order to establish national standards? Couldn't this be done by enforcing licensing regulations?

It could. But the Conservatives aren't offering that option, because they don't believe in it -- so what's your point? You agree that there should be national standards, but don't want non-profit daycares?

No need to clarify. I've got a pretty good idea.

Where do you get the idea that someone is saying that establishing national standards requires that daycares be government-run?

Nobody is saying that. The argument for government-run daycares (actually, the proposal doesn't specify this, rather requiring only that they be non-profit) is about cost, not quality.

The requirement for national standards surrounding how the taxpayer's dollar gets spent is a separate issue.

It's just a coincidence that the same party that wants those national standards is also the party that wants subsidized daycares to be non-profit, for cost reasons. And it's unfortunate that the other parties just want to throw money at child care, no strings attached.

But you know, that's them pesky fucking socialists in the NDP again.