Are we ready for Canada’s biggest economic driver to get bigger?

We must recognize and value the essential labour of those who take care of us with crucial policy actions required to bring equity to the care economy.

Our collective prejudice towards care has resulted in a shared belief that care work is unskilled work and therefore can receive low compensation, which is wrong, write Bonita Zarillo and Naomi Lightman. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY NDP MP BONITA ZARILLO, NAOMI LIGHTMAN

June 22, 2022

The “care economy” is Canada’s most significant economic driver and affects the life of nearly every person in Canada. The physical, psychological, and emotional care of people of all abilities is encompassed by the care economy, including health care, education, elder care, childcare, person...

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