The provincial Tory government supported Stephen Harper in the federal election, and now Nova Scotia parents are paying the price.

Once again the Tories are waiting for a federal solution to a provincial problem. Even if Ottawa decides not to offer any funding at all, Nova Scotia still needs more daycare spaces now.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

Donations have been pouring in. People from the school, parents and the community have been supportive. One woman raised more than $600 from a bake sale. I didn't know a bake sale could bring in so much. We have a Web site, but it only reaches so many. But the support has been amazing.

With most birds, if you put them back where the parents can find them, they'll continue caring for them.

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top. [Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius inflexum sit.]