I'd like to read from the Early Childhood Council's CEO: "The Minister told the committee 'I have no intention of telling centres how to run their business.' They sought and received assurances from the Ministry of Education and between then and now there have already been two amendments, rules that the Minister is imposing. One is the centres will be required to implement a process that mimics the conditions of the kindergarten teachers. The second is centres will be required to implement a process defining how a teacher's prior experience is measured. These weren't mentioned in the initial briefing." He also goes on to say, "We support and welcome the commitment to teacher pay parity but our fear is that bringing the kindergarten teachers collective agreement into the picture would lead to new conditions and increased compliance burden on centres, and a push to unwanted collective agreements across the sector. The fears appear to be well founded. Our members are deeply concerned about what they consider underhanded efforts by the ministry to dictate the employment responsibilities of independent businesses, all without consultation." These businesses are really hard-working businesses and they already have, as he mentions, 303 pieces of compliance for every minute that they're open.