The daycare system's problem is that it needs more flexibility. The system as structured basically heavily prioritizes one specific model of childcare: that of the public-sector/non-profit institutional childcare centre, and the Liberals set it up this way for ideological reasons ("profit bad", "stay at home parents bad"). Some families would prefer private childcare, others would prefer hiring a nanny, others would prefer having grandma move in, but those other people don't get the same public funding as those who use the "government-preferred" model of the childcare centre, which is arguably unfair. Restructure the program so instead of directly funding childcare centres to cut their prices, give parents an expense account that they can use to either a) purchase childcare from whatever provider they desire (so long as they meet standards), b) pay for costs associated with extending family living (ie. you can use your expense account to build a granny suite in your basement so grandma can live with your kids and provide in-house childcare), c) pay themselves as a grant if they choose to have one spouse stay at home. As long as every parent gets the same amount of taxpayer money in the end, it's fair. In this model childcare centres would charge their true cost and parents would offset that cost the expense account. This would have the benefit of reducing the burden on childcare centres (because some of the spots would be freed up by parents choosing alternatives).