Trudeau’s childcare challenges should make for better policies for families in long-run

Trudeau's hard-won insights into what all parents need to do to keep it all together during this very demanding period of their lives should lend itself to better and more rigorous policy making that is responsive to the challenges that every family faces—inside the legislature, and out. And isn’t that the whole point?

The controversy about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of paid caregivers is a fascinating contemplation of something most parents in Canada confront every morning: getting out the door and off to work while ensuring that the kids are properly cared for in their absence. Paren...

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