Bill C-303

A child care fairy tale. Fact or fiction?

April 25, 2007 | by IMFC Staff
PDF:  Bill C-303

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 cneters 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 cneters 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://action.web.ca/home/cccmanitoba/alerts.shtml?sh_itm=a2d3f24f7faff368109729b9f12c5cd4&AA_EX_Session=dfa9d70137ac708d8675d83c9e7afe8c

[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