Boosts to child care support could help deliver more equitable economic recovery for women, says report

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the proposal of a national child care system is an ‘economic triple play’ that boosts women’s participation in the overall workforce.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured speaking at the government's feminist response and recovery summit on March 8, says a 1970 recommendation from the Royal Commission on the Status of Women’s was 'electric ... in my own household.' Screen capture via Women and Gender Equality Canada

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BY PALAK MANGAT

March 8, 2021

Failure from governments to act on “troubling statistics” that show women and mothers have been sidelined from employment during the COVID-19 pandemic could undo decades-long progress made on gender equality, warns the author of a new report.

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