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An Investment that Works for Child Care
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In May 2021, Public Policy Forum in partnership with the YMCA Canada undertook a research project to examine how to achieve a child care system that focuses on quality, affordability, accessibility and inclusion, while also addressing key policy trade-offs. The final report’s, From Investment to Action: Building a Canada-wide Child Care System, first recommendation was: “Develop and fund a comprehensive, national early learning and child care workforce strategy informed by labour force trends.” The rationale for this recommendation is simple — workforce the linchpin to a high-quality Canada-wide early learning and child care system. Now, PPF is building on our work to date and diving deeper into workforce development.
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An Investment that Works for Child Care
In June 2022, Public Policy Forum outlined how to strengthen the workforce in the early learning and childcare sector through better recruitment, retention and recognition. This week, federal and provincial ministers responsible for early childhood learning answered that call.
From Investment to Action: Building a Canada-wide Child Care System
As the current federal government endeavours to be the first to act materially on the promise of child care for all, questions of quality, affordability, accessibility and inclusion will stand in line behind jurisdictional bargaining.
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