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Don’t lose focus on early learning
TheStar.com – Editorials – Don’t lose focus on early learning
September 23, 2009
In Canada, about three-quarters of women with a child under age 6 are in the paid workforce. Yet there are regulated daycare spaces for only 20 per cent of those children, according to a report released last week by a national child care policy research institute.
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More babies born to thirtysomething moms — StatsCan
NationalPost.com – More babies born to thirtysomething moms — StatsCan
Posted: September 22, 2009. Mary Vallis, National Post
Canadian women are having all kinds of babies — more than they have in nearly two decades, Statistics Canada said this morning. In 2007, Canadian women gave birth to 367,864 babies — 3.7% more than were born in the previous year, representing the fastest annual increase since 1989. Those kids could populate a Canadian city entirely on their own.
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Parents double their EI benefits [Twins]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Parents double their EI benefits: In a groundbreaking decision, a federal board rules that the couple can each receive Employment Insurance benefits for full parental leave.
Sep. 18, 2009. Jill Mahoney
Twins may be double the joy and double the work. But for one Ottawa couple, they also now mean double parental benefits.
In a groundbreaking decision, a federal board ruled that Christian Martin and Paula Critchley, who had twin girls in April, can each receive Employment Insurance benefits for full parental leaves.
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Making the case against universality [child care]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Editorial – Making the case against universality: A new report from the OECD undercuts calls for full-day kindergarten and universal child care
Sep. 08, 2009
On the list of timeless political homilies, none is more popular than the one demanding that we spend more on our country’s children. But which children? When? And how much?
Last week an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report, titled “Doing Better for Children,” attempted to answer these tough questions.
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Province supports integrated childcare and learning: Minister
TheStar.com – Ontario/parentcentral.ca – Province supports integrated childcare and learning: Minister
September 02, 2009. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
Ontario Education Minister Kathleen Wynne says the province supports a plan to turn schools into community hubs for families and children from birth to age 12, as recommended by provincial early learning advisor Charles Pascal.
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