Canada

COVID-19 and child care news in Canada

Justin Trudeau's government says it champions women. Proroguing Parliament suggests otherwise [1]
The Star, 25 August 2020

To follow in Freeland’s footsteps child care must be a national priority 
The Start, 23 August 2020

Nothing ‘off the table’ as federal NDP calls for $2 billion infusion into child care [2]
Humboldt Journal, 23 August 2020

The post-pandemic future: Affordable child care will save the economy [3]
Toronto Life, 19 August 2020

Canada's economic recovery depends on working moms [4]
Refinery 29, 18 August 2020

Pandemic threatens to wipe out decades of progress for working mothers [5]
CBC News, 17 August 2020

Singh calls on feds to fund $10 billion for child care over next 4 years [6]
Huffington Post, 15 August 2020

Growing concern over proposed changes to child care regulations [7]
CTV News, 13 August 2020

As schools prepare to reopen during COVID-19, are the kids alright? [8]
The Conversation, 12 August 2020

Penticton, B.C., parents scramble to find child care as city develops action plan [9]
Global News, 11 August 2020

Kids may find masks uncomfortable, but they'll be vital to stopping COVID-19 in schools, says expert [10]
CBC Radio, 10 August 2020

COVID-19 guidance for schools Kindergarten to Grade 12 [11]
Government of Canada, 9 August 2020

Has the COVID-19 pandemic made a national child care plan an easier sell for Justin Trudeau? [12]
The Globe and Mail, 6 August 2020

'Pandemic pods': How some parents plan on educating their kids in September [13]
CTV News, 30 July 2020

COVID-19 risks for kids are low, must be balanced against cost of being out of school, doctors say [14]
CBC News, 28 July 2020

Calls to fully reopen schools in September are on a collision course with reality [15]
Globe and Mail, 27 July 2020

We can’t let COVID-19 destroy economic gains for women [16]
The Toronto Star, 24 July 2020

An aging Canada can’t afford to have women out of the labour force [17]
The Guardian, 24 July 2020

Feds respond to COVID-19 child-care frustrations with $625M cash infusion [18]
CTV News, 24 July 2020 

The economics of childcare  [19]
CBC Radio One - The Cost of Living, 17 July 2020

Chrystia Freeland on ‘As It Happens’ Q&A [20]
Childcare at: [6:08]
CBC Radio - As It Happens, 17 July 2020

Childcare is an economic issue Canadians need to tackle, say economists and parents alike [21]
CBC News, 17 July 2020

Women’s participation in labour force reaches lowest level in three decades: RBC  [22]
The Star, 16 July 2020

Federal government to provide provinces and territories with $19B for 'safe restart' of economy [23]
CBC News, 16 July 2020

Video: Trudeau announces provinces will receive $19 billion to restart their economies [24]
Child care at: [1:10]
Global News, 16 July 2020 - Access video via YouTube

When a pandemic hits, working moms pay the price [25]
The Tyee, 15 July 2020

83% of teachers surveyed express concerns about returning to school in September [26]
The Globe and Mail, 13 July 2020 

Uncertainty over schooling plans has working mothers mulling leaving workforce [27]
CTV News/ The Canadian Press, 13 July 2020

Canada's cautious school reopening plans leave moms in the lurch [28]
Reuters, 12 July 2020

Parents, trapped: Lack of childcare could undermine economic recovery and hurt women, but the solution is expensive [29]
The Globe and Mail, 11 July 2020

Canadian women struggling to return to work [30]
Global News, 10 July 2020

Childcare reform: Why aren’t dads demanding better support, too? [31]
Chatelaine, 9 July 2020

Fiscal snapshot supports calls for a gendered approach to economic relief [32]
CTV News, 9 July 2020

COVID-19 has fostered ‘perfect storm pushing women out of their jobs’: UBC study co-author [33]
Vancouver Sun, 9 July 2020

Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May urge Trudeau to help women and immigrants hurt by COVID-19 [34]
National Observer, 8 July 2020

Opinion: The pandemic is hurting Canada’s working mothers  [35]
The Globe and Mail, 8 July 2020

Karina Roman: Parents, provinces call on Ottawa to help ensure schools open in the fall [36]
CBC News, 4 July 2020

Child care a priority in federal COVID-19 help for provinces, PM says [37]
Yahoo News!, 3 July 2020

Education is a human right, but it certainly hasn’t been a COVID-19 priority [38]
The Globe and Mail, 2 July 2020

Video: Coronavirus: The future of daycare and child care services [39]
Global News, 28 June 2020

Coronavirus: The future of daycare and child care services [40]
Global News, 28 June 2020

Child care after the coronavirus pandemic should be more inclusive of children with disabilities [41]
The Conversation, 24 June 2020

Coronavirus forces child-care centres to reduce capacity, leaving parents scrambling [42]
Global News, 25 June 2020

For some non-profits, COVID-19 isn't just a struggle. It's a do-or-die moment [43]
CBC News, 26 June 2020

National childcare strategy will be a lynchpin of economic recovery, says Martha Friendly [44]
CBC News, 19 June 2020

Child care strategy a golden opportunity [45]
The Hamilton Spectator, 23 June 2020

Ottawa urged to earmark billions for child care as provinces reopen [46]
The Toronto Star, 22 June 2020

Better public child care is the engine we need for recovery post-coronavirus [47]
The Conversation, 15 June 2020

As daycares reopen, parents are facing impossible decisions to keep kids safe from COVID-19 [48]
The National Post, 12 June 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is remapping childhood—and the effects may linger [49]
Macleans, 11 June 2020

Extending CERB for months could double $60-billion budget, PBO report suggests [50]
Financial Post, 10 June 2020

Parent/ Family survey: Impact of  COVID-19 on Canadians: Parenting during the pandemic [51]
Statistics Canada, June 2020

As Canadian economy reopens, will child care be there to support working parents? [52]
The Toronto Star, 10 June 2020

On child care, politicians are doing exactly what they said they wouldn’t. Women are paying the price [53]
The Toronto Star, 5 June 2020

PSAC calls for more measures to support workers facing child care challenges [54]
PSAC Union, 5 June 2020

Video: House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources - Meeting no.16 [55]
Armine Yalnizyan, 4 June 2020

Video: Lack of child care impacting return to work process [56]
Global News, 4 June 2020

There is no economic recovery without adequate child care [57]
The Star, 2 June 2020

Deal on child care support said to be 'very close' [58]
CTV News, 28 May 2020

Without more support for child care, economic recovery will be slow, says, expert [59]
CBC Current, 22 May 2020

Child care restrictions preventing some from going back to work as economy reopens [60]
CTV News, 18 May 2020

Feds quietly probe expanded role for child care in post-pandemic recovery [61]
The Star, 18 May 2020

Child care is essential to our economic recovery [62]
The Star, 11 May 2020

Trudeau advisers say there is a way out of the Covid-19 downturn: Child care [63]
Andy Blatchford, Politico, 8 May 2020

Ottawa urged to spend on child care to help economy emerge from pandemic [64]
The Star, 6 May 2020

Coronavirus outbreak: Trudeau says government committed to providing affordable childcare spaces [65]
Global News, 12 May 2020

Ottawa urged to spend on child care to help economy emerge from pandemic [66]
The Star, 6 May 2020

Public health officials take seriously new research that children may not be superpreaders after all [67]
CBC News, 4 May 2020

'What do we do with the kids?' Experts say child care needed in reopening plans [68]
CTV News, May 2020

Justin Trudeau says he’s committed to gender equality. He just missed a chance to prove it [69]
The Star, 1 May 2020

Survey for parents: Parenting during the pandemic [70]
University of Manitoba

In some provinces, parents are paying thousands to shuttered daycares to keep their child’s spots [71]
The Globe and Mail, 17 April 2020

Opinion: COVID-19 crisis shows the importance of early child care [72]
Edmonton Journal, 18 April 2020

COVID-19’s impact: not recession, but completely different economics [73]
Toronto Star, 9 April 2020

Canadians who don’t qualify for CERB, other COVID-19 support fear falling through cracks [74]
Huffington Post, 8 April 2020

Are you the perfect quarantine parent? (No and there’s no need to be) [75]
The Star, 2 April 2020

Some licensed child-care centres won't survive COVID-19 closures, industry warns [76]
CBC News, 31 March 2020

5 ways to help children cope during a pandemic [77]
Ryerson University, 30 March 2020

COVID-19: Justin Trudeau unveils funding for families, small businesses amid coronavirus uncertainty [78]
Global News, 18 March 2020

COVID-19: Canada’s medical workers scramble to find child care amid COVID-19 outbreak [79]
Globe and Mail, 16 March 2020