Child care and the federal government

Parents reiterate they want to care for their kids. So why are Canada’s child care experts pushing for the opposite?

March 12, 2008 | by Andrea Mrozek , Manager of Research and Communications, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. McCain, M.N., Mustard, J.F. & Shanker, S. Society for Research in Child Development (March 2007). Early Years Study 2: Putting Science into Action. Toronto: Council for Early Child Development. Retrieved from http://www.councilecd.ca/cecd/home.nsf/7F1BCE63A330D017852572AA00625B79/$file/Early_Years_2_rev.pdf
  2. The Senate Committee proceedings can be found online at http://www.parl.gc.ca/39/2/parlbus/commbus/senate/Com-e/soci-e/45189-e.htm?Language=E&Parl=39&Ses=2&comm_id=47
    All subsequent citations from Mustard and McCain are found in this testimony.
  3. CTV News Staff. (December 11, 2005). Senior Grit staffer apologizes for 'beer' gaffe. Retreived online at http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051208/elxn_campaign_stops_051211/20051211?s_name=election2006
  4. GPC Research. Canadian attitudes on the family; 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
    Ipsos Reid, Focus Groups on Issues Surrounding Child Care. (May 23, 2006) Final Report V9863-060001/001/CY, submitted to Human Resources and Social Development, May 23, 2006. “...It does not seem that people outside the major urban centers are looking for a National Day Care system...” Retrieved online at http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hrsdc-rhdsc/print/print.asp?Page_Url=/en/cs/comm/reports/por/childcare/20060523.shtml
    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
    Compas, Inc. (2003, May). Ontario provincial election report for Global TV, National Post, Ottawa Citizen and Windsor Star. http://www.compas.ca/data/030521-GlobalOnProvElection-E.pdf
    Michalski, J.H. (1999). Values and preferences for the “best policy mix” for Canadian children. Ottawa Canadian Policy Research Networks, Inc.
  5. There is evidence of benefits from centre-based child care for disadvantaged children. For the IMFC position in full see http://www.imfcanada.org/article_files/April_25_2007.pdf
  6. What’s at the heart of the Canadian family? (September 2007). Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. Retrieved online at http://www.imfcanada.org/article_files/IMFC%20Report%20(2).pdf