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Still building: Child care availability in Toronto since 2022
Child care availability in Toronto has improved since 2022. But provincial funding is needed to expand access—especially in the non-profit sector.
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Cash cow: Assessing child care space creation progress
Canada’s $10-a-day child care program isn’t creating enough spaces to meet demand and isn’t doing enough to make sure that new spaces are non-profit
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Une vache grasse pour le secteur commercial : la création des nouvelles places en services de garde à l’enfance
Le programme pancanadien de services de garde à 10 $ par jour ne crée pas un nombre suffisant de places et ne s’assure pas que…
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Le prix n’est pas encore le bon : Les frais de garde n’atteignent pas l’objectif de 10 $ par jour
D’ici le début de l’année 2026, les parents canadiens sont censés pouvoir inscrire leurs jeunes enfants à des services de garde pour une moyenne de…
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The price is not right (yet): $10-a-day child care falling short of target
By early 2026 parents in Canada should be able to put their young kids in child care for an average of $10 a day. With…
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BC Child Poverty Rate Climbs as Income Inequality Grows
Thirty-five years after Canada’s parliament promised to end child poverty it still hasn’t happened. In 1989, a unanimous all-party House of Commons resolution was passed…
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Our recommendations for the 2024 BC budget
The BC government is holding its annual public consultation on Budget 2024 this June, inviting British Columbians to share their priorities for government investment next…
BC private schools to collect $491 million in public funding this year
Private schools will collect nearly half a billion dollars in public funding from the provincial government during this school year in British Columbia. This is…
The need for affordable child care
Canada is at a game changing moment when it comes to child care. Historic federal funding agreements with provinces and territories now support a vision…
Why increasing government spending makes economic sense
Author’s note: The latest BC government throne speech promised “to help solve big challenges – like inequality and climate change – with growth that is…
11 steps toward a more just society for Budgets ‘22 and beyond
As a fourth wave of COVID-19 ramps up, the impact of the pandemic on the economy, policymaking and budgets has not gone away. More broadly,…