Oct 16, 2015
Finally. 'Fertile ground' for a national child-care program
Martha Friendly
There seems to be fertile ground for the long-awaited national child-care program to become a reality.
Martha Friendly
Martha is the founder and Executive Director of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit. She has authored numerous articles, chapters and reports on child care and a book on child care policy, and participates in several child care advocacy groups.
Sep 9, 2015
Why giving parents cash-for-child-care isn't the answer
Martha Friendly
Pitting an early childhood education and care system against a child benefit -- is doing all families a real disservice.
Sep 2, 2015
Four decades later, parents still carry most of the responsibility for child care
Martha Friendly
It's pretty stunning to recognize that Canadian family life has experienced massive social change but that things haven't really changed when it comes to responsibility for child care.
Aug 26, 2015
'The more we get together' -- to build a national child-care program
Martha Friendly
If Canada is ever to have a workable, high-quality, universal national child-care program, it will take all levels and stripes of governments across the country working together to build it.
Aug 19, 2015
Quality child care shouldn't be just a matter of luck
Martha Friendly
The second blog in the series and based on a presentation delivered as the annual Margaret Laurence Lecture at Trent University in March 2015.
Aug 13, 2015
Canada needs a reliable, national child-care program
Martha Friendly
Child care is an issue this federal election. And, Canada definitely needs an affordable and reliable national child-care program.
Aug 12, 2015
A flexible, reliable, national child-care program would bring Canadians together
Martha Friendly
There's no doubt that child care is an issue in Election 2015. To support the public interest and debate, CRRU's blog, Child Care Now, will be published each week between August 12 and October 19.
Jul 21, 2015
How should a government really help young families?
Martha Friendly
After the UCCB advertising fiasco, we should have a real debate about what a modern government of Canada should do to really help young families can begin in earnest.
Jul 20, 2015
Pierre Poilievre, you're no Santa Claus.
Martha Friendly
Once the dust has settled on all the taxpayer-funded UCCB advertising maybe the real debate about what a modern government of Canada should do to really help young families can begin in earnest.
May 11, 2015
Right-wing think tank miraculously makes child care space shortages disappear
Martha Friendly
Carolyn Ferns
Blog by Martha Friendly and Carolyn Ferns challenges a recent "report" from The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC).
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