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Child Care for All of Us

5 Dec 2016

A robust body of research and policy analysis confirms the importance and bene- fits of a universal approach to child care that is affordable to all (not necessarily free), non-compulsory, available, appropriate and diverse enough to meet the varied needs of families. [...] The Canadian child care movement defines universal child care as being avail- able to all, affordable and inclusive, non-compulsory and not (necessarily) free.5 For example, the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC) describes univer- sal child care as: “publicly-funded systems that entitle access for all. [...] Over the years, the Canadian child care community has recommended that child care services should be voluntary, i.e., that participation is at the parents’ discre- Child care for all of us: Universal child care for Canadians by 2020 6 tion. [...] The arguments in favour of a universal approach to early childhood education and care are based on the recognition that child care is a service with multiple goals. [...] Child care for all of us: Universal child care for Canadians by 2020 8 The need for child care is universal But access to child care is at least as much about parents’ labour force participa- tion and women’s equality as it is about child development.
health government education politics economics child care school psychology canada culture child childhood brian mulroney wage gap further education low-income preschool daycare the poor conservative party of canada canadian federalism provincial jurisdiction convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women progressive conservative canadian child care federation jean chretién
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21
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Ottawa, ON, CA

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