I think you have raised a good point. BUT I don't think it is what either of our Provinces want to hear. My impression is that they think the only 'legitimate' form of day care is institutional day care. I don't understand that bias but I think it is very real. My 15 years of experience in day care, and 33 years as a mother have led me to believe VERY STRONGLY in the value of home based care for children. I think that the rules should be made to be more realistic. I once did a GOOGLE search re: children injured in large day cares and was stunned at how many articles there were about it. And not nearly so many with home based day cares. So why the bias against us?