Offer equal benefits to stay-at-home parents when proposing childcare credits

All families deserve our support and may especially need financial support when their children are young. But that support should not be limited to families which pay for childcare. Just as some families are stretching their budgets to cover childcare costs, others are stretching to make it possible to have a parent at home. It is inappropriate for government to favor one approach over the other. Whatever subsidies or tax credits are available to ease the cost of childcare for some families should be equally available to ease the financial situation of households where childcare needs are covered by the parents at home.