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
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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.
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Data crimes and misdemeanors: Why child care, too, needs the long-form census
Martha Friendly | Martha Friendly explains why the CRRU is supporting Ted Hsu's private member's bill calling for restoration of Canada's long-form census.