Bill C-303: A child care fairy tale. Fact or fiction?

An examination of the 2006 bill (Bill C-303) that aimed to establish a national daycare system

April 25, 2007 | by IMFC Staff
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Endnotes

1. Loeb, S., Bridges, M., Bassok, D., Fuller, B. & Rumberger, R.W. (February 1, 2007). How much is too much? The influence of preschool centers on children’s social and cognitive development. Economics of Education Review 26(1), 52.
2. Ibid.
3. Belsky, J. et al. (March/April 2007). Are There Long-Term Effects of Early Child Care? Child Development, 17(2), 697.
4. Loeb, S., Bridges, M., Bassok, D., Fuller, B. & Rumberger, R.W. (February 1, 2007). How much is too much? The influence of preschool centers on children’s social and cognitive development. Economics of Education Review 26(1), 52.
5. Ibid., 64.
6. Ibid., 64.
7. Winnipeg Child Care Centre Waiting Lists Top 14,758 (2006, March 3) News Release Child Care Coalition of Manitoba Retrieved from http://childcaremanitoba.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37:mr3306&catid=12:mediareleases&Itemid=30
8. See “Waiting for child-care; serious shortage, lobby group claims.” (2006, March 5). The Winnipeg Sun. A6
Brodbeck, Tom. (2006, April 12) “Phoney-baloney child –care stats; prof’s ‘research’ is fatally flawed.” The Winnipeg Sun. A6
9. OECD Directorate for Education, Early Childhood Education and Care Policy. (2004). Canada Country Note. pg. 92 Retrieved online April 24 at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/34/33850725.pdf
10. Ibid pg. 84
11. Ibid. pg. 5
12. For three examples, see:
-Japel, C. Tremblay, R. Côté, S. (December 2005). Quality Counts! Assessing the Quality of Daycare Services Based on the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development. Institute for Research on Public Policy. Vol. 11, No. 5
-Lefebvre, P. (March 2004). Quebec’s Innovative Early Childhood Education and Care Policy and its Weaknesses. Policy Options.
-Kozhaya, N. (October 2006) $7-a-day childcare: Are parents getting what they need? Montreal Economic Institute, Economic Note.
13. Japel, C. Tremblay, R. Côté, S. (December 2005). Quality Counts! Assessing the Quality of Daycare Services Based on the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development. Institute for Research on Public Policy. Vol. 11, No. 5
14. Lefebvre, pg. 56
15. Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. (April 1, 2006). Canadians Make Choices on Childcare. Canadian Family Views 1, 3. Retrieved from http://www.imfcanada.org/article_files/CanadiansMakeChoicesAboutChildcare.pdf
16. Ibid.
17. Bibby, R. (February 10, 2005). Press Release: Child Care Aspirations. University of Lethbridge. Retrieved from http://www.vifamily.ca/newsroom/press_feb_10_05_c.html