Playfelt, I absolutely agree with your points in this post. Yes, we need to focus more on what we want and be more positive and productive in our approach to the powers that be. I also agree with the disbanding of agencies and redistribution of those roles under a new licensing system. However, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. It is my hope that with proactive involvement from a good many of us, that we can get some notice from the public and government and actually get some of what we are asking for. However, if we take all the right measures and do it all by the book in a proactive way only to have it fall on deaf ears repeatedly, I'm not sure we have many options to make people sit up and take notice. If 143 looks as though it's going to steamroll ahead in it's current form, with our efforts not being taken into account at all toward the final outcome, a one day strike is a powerful message to make everyone sit up, take notice and recognize that we are very substantial in numbers and dramatically impact our province's economic health, by allowing everyone else to do their jobs. I have no doubt it would annoy people and it might be frowned upon. I'd like to think that most of us have clients who appreciate us and may understand the necessity of such an action. What is this going to give the government more fuel for? The fact is that we have 80% of the market. Unless they've got the cash in hand to open 10 new daycare centres in every city, I'd suggest there's not a lot they can do about it except open their eyes and realize that they do, in fact, need us, so let's maybe see what those unregulated providers have to say. No one's a bigger people pleaser than me. I hate the thought of doing something like that, but as a last resort if that legislation is going to pass without amendments, I'm not sure what else could send a clearer message about what this bill means.