cover image: Canada is definitely in a child care policy rut: There are many options and a universal, government-funded system is one of the least attractive

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Canada is definitely in a child care policy rut: There are many options and a universal, government-funded system is one of the least attractive

30 Jul 2015

Canada is definitely in a child care policy rut: There are many options and a universal, government-funded system is one of the least attractive National daycare is not an issue of women’s rights Published July 30, 2015 ANDREA MROZEK, Executive Director, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada I never watched Leave it to Beaver or The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. [...] We can know this with confidence, since Canada has the example of a provincial daycare system in Quebec, where research shows wealthier families access the system on the backs of the poor. [...] The stated goal of many daycare activists is to make the new federally funded daycare part of the public school system. [...] This would only mean that very small children would be subject to a lack of attention to special needs just as older children in the public system are now. [...] I know: The Shangri-La of daycare programs is supposed to deliver all of this and more.

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