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Jim Stanford on the Care Economy
Jim Stanford on why Monday’s budget needs to be a Care Budget
Jim Stanford | “The purpose of government is not to balance its books. No one believes that anymore. The purpose of government its to protect citizens, our lives, our health and our communities.’
Podcast
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'She-cessions and she-coveries' -- women and the pandemic
Victoria Fenner | An audio replay of a webinar from the Canadian Labour Congress exploring the effects of the COVID pandemic on women, and what a feminist recovery could look like.
Blog
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Online early childhood education: not remotely what's needed
Martha Friendly | This blog outlines the major faults with an online early childhood education program targeting low-income families and illustrates how it is solely about saving money, neglecting the care of children.
Blog
Here's how the Trudeau government can make the 2018 budget a feminist one
Kate McInturff | It's that exciting time of year when economists start making submissions to the federal Finance Committee about what they'd like to see in Budget 2018. What would a feminist budget look like?
Blog
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Canada should fulfill its feminist promise and change the status quo for child care
Martha Friendly | Changing the status quo in child care means affordable fees, decent wages and quality non-profit services backed by sustained funding and thorough planning.
Podcast
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B.C. only province in Canada without poverty reduction plan
Redeye Collective | Low welfare rates, minimal childcare support and skyrocketing rents mean B.C. has one of the highest poverty rates in Canada. The B.C. Poverty Reduction Coalition is organizing a week of action.
Podcast
BC budget surplus
Christy Clark government wastes budget surplus on debt repayment
Redeye Collective | British Columbians are in desperate need of affordable housing, higher social assistance rates and public school funding. Instead the government is spending a budget windfall on paying down the debt.
News
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A benefit system disadvantaging Canada's poorest children
Teuila Fuatai | EI's maternity benefits system favours mothers from higher-earning families. Teuila Fuatai speaks to Brock University researcher Lindsey McKay about why.
Blog
A letter to Prime Minister Trudeau: It's 2015, and time for a more inclusive parental leave program
Lindsey McKay, Andrea Doucet, Sophie Mathieu | A more inclusive Parental Leave Program for all Canadian Parents: “Because it’s 2015” - and it’s almost 2016
Blog
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Three out of four: Canada needs a national child-care program
Susan Prentice | Child care is an issue this federal election. And it is clear that three out of the four federal parties recognize that Canada needs a national child-care program.
Blog
Photo: flickr/Raul Hernandez Gonzalez
Fact check: Liberal attacks against NDP child-care plan more rhetoric than truth
Nora Loreto | Nora Loreto separates the fact from the fiction in the fight between the Liberals and the NDP on child care.
Blog
Olivia Chow
Confused facts, misdirected rants: Salutin attacks Chow on child care
Christopher Majka | Does Olivia Chow bear responsibility for the demise of the national child-care plan of 2005? The Toronto Star's Rick Salutin seems to think so. Let's look at the history and the facts.