In the March issue of Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/index.htm
"Family policy and preschool child care" by Gordon Cleveland
"Strengthening Canada's social and economic foundations: next steps for
early childhood education and child care" by Martha Friendly
"Quebec's innovative early childhood education and care policy and its
weaknesses" by Pierre Lefebvre
"Conciliation travail-famille : quand les pays dits « libéraux » s'en
mêlent" by Caroline Beauvais and Pascale Dufour
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"Strengthening Canada's social and economic foundations: next steps for
early childhood education and child care" by Martha Friendly
Compared with Western European countries, Canada is a laggard in terms of
progress toward a system of universal, high quality early childhood
education and child care (ECEC). Martha Friendly, one of Canada's most
ardent advocates of such a system, reviews Canada's evolution in this
domain and, most importantly, charts the way to creating a universal
daycare program. The first step is for the federal government to make a
clear, public commitment to achieving a coherent, accessible and high
quality system, says Friendly. Then, a specific action plan and a
well-crafted public policy framework requiring close
federal-provincial/territorial collaboration will be needed, as well as
adequate public financing. Such a system she points out, would require a
doubling of current spending over the next 10 to 15 years. Investing in
ECEC, she argues, is fundamental to healthy child development and lifelong
learning, and will pay off in its contribution to improving Canada's social
fabric, competitiveness and productivity
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