Tammy Schirle – When Markets Fail: The Case For Government Support For Childcare
From: Tammy Schirle To: Canadians Concerned about Childcare Date: September 8, 2021 Re: When Markets Fail: The Case for Government Support for Childcare It’s easy to find an economist who likes well-functioning, perfectly competitive markets. I’m one of them. Some markets for goods and services are best left to work on their own, with nothing more than the proverbial […] Mackinnon, Laurin – Payments To Parents: The Better Childcare Answer
To: Canadians concerned about childcare From: Janice MacKinnon and Alexandre Laurin Date: September 7, 2021 Re: Payments to Parents: The Better Childcare Answer Providing parents with funding to access childcare has many advantages over a universal, government-run childcare system: the ability to link benefits to income, more inclusive access, simplicity and uniformity across Canada and affordability. As an example, […] Payments to Parents for Childcare Can Spur Supply of New Spaces
A frequently repeated talking point is that sending daycare subsidies to parents, instead of daycare operators, is of no benefit because it doesn’t increase spaces. Is there merit to this claim? For many years, Quebec has offered families two options for making childcare more affordable: 1) subsidized spaces with a low universal flat fee, which […] Tammy Schirle – When Markets Fail: The Case For Government Intervention In Elcc Provision
From: Tammy Schirle To: Canadians Concerned about Childcare Date: August 19, 2021 Re: When Markets Fail: The Case for Government Intervention in ELCC Provision It’s easy to find an economist who likes well-functioning, perfectly competitive markets. I’m one of them. Some markets for goods and services are best left to work on their own, with nothing more than […] Messacar, Frenette, Handler – The Cost Of Graduating During Covid-19
From: Derek Messacar, Marc Frenette and Tomasz Handler To: Concerned Canadians Date: July 26, 2021 Re: The Cost of Graduating During COVID-19 Over the past year and a half, pandemic lockdowns have led to significant declines in economic activity across Canada and the effects have been particularly severe for young workers. The unemployment rate among 15 to 24 year […] Peter Glossop – A New Approach To Wage-fixing And Anti-poaching Employer Deals
From: Peter Glossop To: Canada’s competition law overseers Date: July 9, 2021 Re: A New Approach to Wage-Fixing and Anti-Poaching Employer Deals Canada is “out of sync” with the United States when it comes to punishing employers who agree to fix workers’ wages or agree not to poach employees from each other, Matthew Boswell, the Commissioner of Competition, told a […] Don Drummond – Breathing Life Into The Liberal Government’s Quality Of Life Index
From: Don Drummond To: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Date: June 9, 2021 Re: Breathing Life into the Liberal Government’s Quality of Life Index Following the lead of a number of other countries, the Department of Finance and Statistics Canada are engaged in an investigation of and consultations on how to inform policymaking better with information on Canadians’ quality of […] Philip Oreopoulos – High-dosage Tutoring Stems Pandemic Learning Loss. Canada Should Get Going
From: Philip Oreopoulos To: Canada’s Education Ministers Date: May 26, 2021 Re: High-dosage Tutoring Stems Pandemic Learning Loss. Canada Should Get Going Over a year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, student learning loss remains a pressing policy concern. Inconsistent learning environments, low attendance rates, and inequitable access to educational technologies and resources have created an unprecedented […] Mahboubi, Ragab – Time To Recalibrate Alberta’s Social Assistance
From: Parisa Mahboubi and Mariam Ragab To: Alberta Social Assistance Policymakers Date: May 7, 2021 Re: Time to Recalibrate Alberta’s Social Assistance Effective social assistance systems should provide appropriate support for those in need while discouraging long-term dependency and easing transition to stable paid employment. Over the pre-pandemic decade, Alberta saw the largest increase in the total number […] Mackinnon, Mintz – Same Old Federal Thinking Hampers Childcare Plan
From: Janice MacKinnon and Jack Mintz To: Canadian Childcare Watchers Date: May 5, 2021 Re: Same Old Federal Thinking Hampers Childcare Plan The federal government’s 2021 budget introduces a childcare program, fashioned after Quebec’s, as a $10-a-day, 50/50 shared-cost conditional grant program with the provinces. By adopting a conditional grant program that requires a one-size-fits-all approach without recognizing […] Rosalie Wyonch on The Agenda – The Economics of Paid Sick Days
In Ontario, calls for paid sick days have come from all corners for months now – from public health, the province’s science table, opposition parties, social media, and labour. Rosalie Wyonch, senior policy analyst at the C.D. Howe Institute, chats with The Agenda’s Steve Paikin about why this seems so difficult to implement.
S3 E8: Strengthening Canada’s Childcare System
With vaccinations ramping up, our attention turns to the post-pandemic recovery. But how can the country recover without women in the workforce? Dr. Jennifer Robson of Carleton University and McGill’s Ken Boessenkool tell Michael Hainsworth that now is not the time to build a national childcare program from scratch, but work needs to begin now […]