When inequality in Canada goes up, child well-being goes down

It’s time to invest in high quality early child development, beyond affordable childcare.

Canada's federal minister responsible for reducing poverty Jean-Yves Duclos, who is the minister of Families, Children and Social Development. Erin Schryer and Nicole Letourneau say policy-makers should invest in, develop, and sustain a high quality early child development framework that prioritizes child and family health, development, care, and learning. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY ERIN SCHRYER, NICOLE LETOURNEAU

January 12, 2017

National Child Day has been celebrated across Canada every Nov. 20 since 1993 to commemorate the United Nations' adoption of two documents describing children's rights: The 1959 United...

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