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As a dual citizen who dutifully votes in U.S. presidential elections, I'm bowled over by the profusion of child-care commitments, comments and analyses emanating from south of the border. Child care is quite the election issue in the U.S., taking up much more space in this election campaign than in any other I remember.

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The 2016 Ontario budget wasted a golden opportunity for leadership on developing the national early learning and child care plan that Ontario families need. Chapter four of the Ontario budget is dedicated to detailing Ontario's priorities for collaborative action with the federal government but is silent on the National Early Learning and Child Care Framework promised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

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It wasn't surprising that child care was one of the topics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was pressed about last Sunday on CBC's Face to Face with the Prime Minister.  

There are millions of families in all regions -- families like that of the CBC's representative young middle-class parent Jenna Fray -- who are struggling with child care. Parents cannot find and afford good quality child care for love or money.

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The best line of the Trudeau government's first day -- widely reported and praised in the international media -- was the new PM's.  In response to a reporter’s question about why he'd chosen to create a gender-parity cabinet, he rather matter of factly observed "because it's 2015."  

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Child care has become a key issue in Election 2015. To support the public interest and political debate, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit's blog, Child Care Now, will be published each week between August 12 and October 19. This is the fifth entry in the series. 

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Child care has become a key issue in Election 2015. To support the public interest and political debate, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit's blog, Child Care Now, will be published each week between August 12 and October 19. This is the fourth entry in the series.