#Budget 2021: The Liberals’ massive, historic, very costly bet on childcare

#Budget 2021: The Liberals’ massive, historic, very costly bet on childcare

“#Budget 2021: The Liberals’ massive, historic, very costly bet on childcare” The federal government is putting big money on the table—with yet-to-be-determined strings attached—to establish a Canada-wide child care system that it paints as being both a defining legacy project and an essential public service whose economic urgency the pandemic has proven. “After 50 years…

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#Budget 2021: Welcome back, standard operating procedures

#Budget 2021: Welcome back, standard operating procedures

“#Budget 2021: Welcome back, standard operating procedures” Paul Wells: The budget focuses on the sort of things a government like Canada’s should be working on right now. But the big bet is on childcare—and the devil is in the details. Maybe we should begin by eliminating some straw men. There’s nothing in Chrystia Freeland’s first…

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