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Canada in last place on UNICEF report card for childcare

| February 20, 2009

Show Notes:

In a recent report card commissioned by UNICEF, Canada ties for last place in providing early childhood education and care, failing to meet 9 out of the 10 benchmarks. Canada failed to provide adequate spaces, reach out to disadvantaged children and failed, even, to have a national plan.

Lynell Anderson is a senior researcher from Human Early Learning Partnerships at UBC. She talks about why we scored so low and what we should do about it.