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Populism and faux feminism: Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau is worried about extremism entering Canada through the electoral system.

If like Canada, France had a first-past-the-post electoral system, Marine Le Pen of the extreme-right National Front would be well placed to be the next president of France. She has led the polls for months.

Instead, because France has two rounds of voting, with the second round limited to the top two finishers in the first round, Le Pen has next to no chance of winning (regardless if she finishes first or second in the first round).

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How to really help Manitoba families: Build a universal child-care system

Susan Prentice

| January 5, 2017

Manitoba's child-care system is staggering to meet the needs of parents and children, and recent signs give little confidence the new provincial government will respond effectively. Over a dozen community groups who are ready to proceed with building not-for-profit child-care spaces have had their promised provincial capital grants abruptly frozen, halting all expansion. Wait lists for child care in Manitoba are at an all-time high, at over 15,000 names up from 12,000 just two years ago.

Nannygate: Time for a grown-up conversation

Davis Carr

| December 8, 2015

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News that two nannies have been hired out of the prime minister's household budget produced the first real controversy of the new Liberal government... for all the wrong reasons.

In the election campaign women's equality became a rhetorical tool. Now can we actually talk about inequality?

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The election is over. Now can we really talk about gender inequality?

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The election is over. Now can we really talk about gender inequality?

Kendra Milne

| November 3, 2015

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After an election campaign in which women's equality became a rhetorical tool in a divisive attempt to instill fear and xenophobia in voters and control women's religious choices, Canada has opted for a more hopeful federal government. But where does that leave women in B.C.?

Child care and the federal election: Where have the parties landed?

Iglika Ivanova Lynell Anderson

| October 13, 2015

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Canada is one of the few advanced countries that doesn't yet have a national child-care system. We invest less in early childhood programs than any of our peer countries and fall far short of meeting the minimum public investment benchmarks recommended by UNICEF and the OECD.

Universal affordable child care: Don't scrap it, improve it

Kaylie Tiessen

| September 30, 2015

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With the NDP offering a national child-care program -- capping fees at $15 a day -- in this election, quality, affordable child care has become a hot issue on the federal campaign trail.

It's also an issue that will likely resonate with many Ontarians who are concerned about high child-care fees and stagnant incomes.

This post focuses on another good reason to invest in high quality, universal child care in Canada: improvements in women's labour force participation.

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Quality public child care: An economic no-brainer

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Can the NDP and Liberals differentiate themselves enough to beat Harper?

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The NDP's Olivia Chow took the plunge in a particularly irritating way this week when she announced she's running against Liberal MP Adam Vaughn in a downtown Toronto riding. It felt like a bad omen for an election that hasn't even begun and will drone on for over twice as long as usual.

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We need child-care spaces, not cheques

July 27, 2015 |

The Conservative government began mailing out cheques for the expanded Universal Child Care Benefit. The cheques have little to do with child care. Here's why.

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Populism and faux feminism: Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau

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