 I think maybe shortly after my son was born I realized wow this is way harder than I thought. It was very challenging being able to balance everything between my husband and I. We both worked full-time and we had to face a decision about whether one of us had to push pause because of the lack of childcare options. I'm so fortunate to be with someone who continued to encourage me to pursue my career. But this is not the case for so many women who have to decide between work and childcare because they don't have any other childcare options and this is not okay. Unfortunately, women are still disproportionately the ones who have to sacrifice their career and their educational goals to be able to meet their childcare needs. So we need to improve that and having a system where more mothers in BC are able to return to work is good for our young children, families and our economy. So I think that having a universal childcare and early learning system is not a nice to have. It's a necessity for us to have the kind of province where people can afford to live where they work and where it's not seeing a strange for a mother to return to work or a father to stay at home and care for their child. We need to reach to a point where men and women are equal members of the workforce and have the same opportunities. This is the BC I want for my child.