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A national child-care program would be a boon to Canada’s post-COVID recovery — none more so than Ontario’s
Saturday, November 28th, 2020
Ontario’s failure to build a 21st-century child-care system is holding back provincial economic recovery. Its patchwork arrangement of overstretched group care, tax-subsidized nannies and sky-high fees squanders tens of billions of dollars of GDP, income and tax revenue. Ontario, and other lagging provinces, have a golden opportunity to fix this problem — and in so doing accelerate Canada’s reconstruction after COVID-19.
Tags: child care, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, tax, women
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Universal child care would generate up to $29 billion a year in tax revenues, new report says
Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
… investing in a “care-led recovery” — for both children and those in long-term care — would create 2.7 times as many jobs as the same investment in a more conventional construction-led recovery… Not includ(ing)… the long-term benefits that come from the “enhanced capabilities and capacities” of children who otherwise wouldn’t have received professional early learning and child care. This leads to increased high school graduation rates, improved employability, higher career earnings and also reduced health-care expenses and criminality…
Tags: child care, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Canada needs a bold pro-growth strategy for both pandemic recovery and a successful future
Sunday, November 15th, 2020
… we need to remove the barriers that prevent some of our citizens from realizing their potential. This includes a stronger income-security framework and skills programs that are better aligned with labour market needs. Affordable and accessible child care that… can improve the participation of women in the labour force, and help close the gender pay gap. Greater workplace accessibility for disabled Canadians can also add workers. Improved integration of newcomers into the economy through better recognition of skills, education and qualifications can increase labour productivity…
Tags: disabilities, economy, Health, ideology, immigration, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Canada’s K-shaped recovery is deepening the lines between rich and poor. Here’s how we can shift our economy toward a fair outcome for all
Sunday, November 15th, 2020
… current economic data shows that the pre-pandemic well-off are benefiting while the pre-pandemic marginalized are suffering considerably… COVID-19 and its congruent economic crisis is an opportunity to implement key changes that will set Canada’s economic trajectory on the right path. Specifically, three things must be done: a universal basic income with automatic stabilizers; high-quality, affordable child care; and a well-designed wealth tax.
Tags: child care, economy, featured, ideology, participation, standard of living, tax, women
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On the cusp of a national daycare strategy
Saturday, November 14th, 2020
Advocates have been calling for an accessible system dating back to 1970… But this time, advocates believe it could actually happen, buoyed by the government promise of not just one-time funding but sustained funding for the future… With Canada’s population aging out of the workforce… accessible and high-quality child care will be key to keeping younger Canadians working… “We have a market-based system for what is effectively an essential service.”
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Canada needs a permanent fix for its abuse-prone caregiver programs
Friday, November 6th, 2020
A clear and sustainable long-term caregiver program must be developed. Government must do away with flimsy pilot programs that only confuse our caregivers. There is a clear demand for caregivers in Canada and the vocationdeserves its own permanent place in the immigration system.
Tags: disabilities, economy, Health, immigration, standard of living, women
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Ontario should make pay hikes for personal support workers permanent
Monday, October 5th, 2020
The pay increase for PSWs announced last week is long overdue but, now that it’s here, let’s at least make it permanent… the premier has repeatedly admitted that these workers are “overworked”… That would mean setting — and funding — daily care standards so the important work of caring for our vulnerable seniors can be done well and safely for everyone. The pandemic has shown us all how essential much low-paid, undervalued work really is.
Tags: Health, ideology, standard of living, women
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A national child-care system is crucial for recovery and rebuilding
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
Federal leadership is urgently required to stabilize child care and build toward a system that stimulates and sustains economic recovery… The wrong decisions — or indecision — will slow economic and social recovery, and lead to a more unfair Canada. Tax credits or cash payments may seem a simple and expedient approach, but parents can’t buy what doesn’t exist; child-care services are collapsing all across Canada.
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History suggests Justin Trudeau’s national child care proposal is already doomed. Could Doug Ford be its saviour?
Monday, September 28th, 2020
The pandemic and its dire impact on women’s participation in the workforce have given the file more impetus than at any other time in recent history… Trudeau’s cabinet similarly boasts a sizable number of women who are liable to hold their government’s feet to the fire, starting with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland… Who knows? Ford could be as instrumental in securing a more productive outcome to the latest round of child-care politics as the billions of dollars Ottawa (again) promises to put on the table.
Tags: child care, ideology, participation, women
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‘This is a start’ — advocates welcome Trudeau’s commitment to build national child-care system
Thursday, September 24th, 2020
… the government will make a “significant, long-term, sustained investment to create a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system… to ensure that high-quality care is accessible to all.” … Although details of the actual investment won’t come until the budget, advocates were heartened by the government’s apparent commitment to shift child care away from a market-based system that relies on parent fees.
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