Shani Halfon

High-quality national child care needs a workforce to match

Child Care Canada Now — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:57:59 +0000

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Think child care is no longer a women's issue?

Child Care Canada Now — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:06:20 +0000

On this International Women's Day, think again...

Here are ten indications that Canada's lack of action on universal child care continues to have a profound impact on women in all regions of Canada -- across the life span, across diverse groups and across the economic spectrum:

Why universal childcare is essential for a more equal Canada

Child Care Canada Now — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:47:04 +0000

If anything positive has emerged from Canada's growing inequality, it is that a conversation about "the Canada we want" has begun, as pundits and ordinary Canadians have begun to make the connections between health and wealth, public services and social justice, economics and democracy, taxes, inequality and social programs. Over the past year, public forums, blogs, conferences, and the media have explored these issues that came to full public attention when the Occupy Movement shone a spotlight on inequality. As this debate has gained strength, the idea that a national childcare program is a key piece of a more equal Canada has become part of the discourse.