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Canada is promoting child care for $10 a day

Author:     Rachel M. Cohen
Source:     Vox
Publication Date:     Dec 18, 2023 | 6:00am EST
 Link: Canada is promoting child care for $10 a day
Stephan:  

Here is another report about Canada. The United States has the worst infant mortality and child care amongst the developed nations of the world. In Canada, again they are going in a very different direction, one that fosters wellbeing. Why is it that all the other developed democratic countries in the world seem to understand the importance of social policies that foster wellbeing, while the United States can’t seem to figure it out? The answer, in my opinion, is that America society has only one social priority greed and profit. We are becoming an historical tragedy.

Children in childcare playing together. Credit: Associated Press

A massive social policy experiment is unfolding in Canada to provide families throughout the country with child care for an average of $10 a day. The plan, which was introduced in 2021 amid the turmoil of the pandemic, aims to spend up to $30 billion Canadian by 2026 to bring down child care costs for parents and to create 250,000 new slots.

The federally backed effort brings Canada’s safety net closer to that of other Western democracies that have stepped up on child care, including Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, and Australia, and it could prove an inspiration to other countries whose systems still lag, like the United States.

Almost three years in, Canadian families are already seeing a significant drop in price, paying hundreds of dollars less for care each month than they were prior to 2021. Canada is making “solid progress in offering more affordable child care,” concluded a think tank report issued in October. Five of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories have already reached the $10-a-day child care […]

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1 Comment

  1. Albus on Monday, December 25, 2023 at 5:52 pm

    The Canadians have five political parties representing 40 million people. We have two parties representing 300 million. If we had the equivalent representation here in the US we might be able to get reasonable cost child care too.