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Press release: More Child Care, More Choice

Providing Free Preschool Child Care for Children Aged 2.5 to Kindergarten

Press release from the Office of the Premier.

“Today Premier Kathleen Wynne announced that full-day licensed child care will become free for preschool children from the age of two-and-a-half until they are eligible to start kindergarten, beginning in 2020. Free preschool child care will save families an estimated $17,000 per child, allow parents to go back to work when they choose and help give children the best start in life.”

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Executive Summary to Report for the Ontario Government – Affordable for All

This study seeks to answer the question “What is the best way to improve the affordability of licensed child care for infants, toddlers and preschoolers in Ontario?” It seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of alternative funding and policy options and to recommend steps forward that can dramatically improve child care affordability for families.

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Does child care in Canada improve social equality?

Recently, Prof. Bob Brym invited me to join others in exploring the issue of equality in contemporary Canadian society.  The occasion was the inaugural S.D. Clark Symposium on the future of Canadian society.  My topic was to assess how good a job child care is doing in Canada in improving different types of equity – gender, child and family.  I’ve attached my (rather lengthy) notes for the talk.  You should look for the volume based on this Symposium to be published soon by Oxford University Press. It will contain chapters from each of the authors, including my own.