Early childhood education and care : Éducation et garde des jeunes enfants : prochaines étapes

Second, the Committee was to study and report on the OECD challenge that ―…significant energies and funding will need to be invested in the field to create a universal system in tune with the needs of a full employment economy, with gender equity and with new understandings of how young children develop and learn.‖1 With this mandate, the Committee heard from child care providers and advocates fro [...] Throughout the report, there are several ideas regarding the expansion and integration of more comprehensive services for parents and children, the re- evaluation of budgeting commitments to families and the need for incremental increases to assure the availability of quality child care spaces as well as all programs for parents and children focused on healthy childhood development and early learn [...] Of these general recommendations, the Government of Canada has historically played a role in the social context of child care and the fiscal, social and labour policies that contribute to the reduction of child poverty and exclusion. [...] Nonetheless, the Committee heard that the government supports the work of the OECD: …Canada absolutely endorses the process and the work of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. [...] Swedes see the provision of high quality ECEC as a means of both fostering the development of the child, and enabling parents to participate in the labour market.19 The OECD found the investment and support for ECEC in France to be particularly impressive.20.