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Young Black girl is standing with a woman, holding her hand and leaning against the woman’s arm.

Ontario’s focus on child welfare finances won’t keep kids safe

A composite image of the five federal party leaders: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault

The federal election campaign has pushed women to the sidelines

About two dozen band members raise their right arms as they stand in a line. Several wear red headbands. A small crowd stands along the walls of the large hall-like building.

Are Indigenous communities being set up to fail with the transfer of control of child welfare services?

What should Quebec do with $900 million in parental leave surpluses?

A child strapped into a wheel chair inclined slightly backwards holds hands with his mother who is talking to him.

Ottawa must do more to help parents of children with disabilities

A baby in a purple suit with a red-and-blue tuque and multi-coloured socks lies on red fallen leaves.

Parental leave benefits need to be more practical and equitable

A closeup of an adult holding a baby while a hand reaches in to hold the baby’s hand.

The limitations of Quebec’s family policy

Making life truly affordable requires more than lowering inflation

Trudeau enters a room in a daycare, with Furey behind him, passing through the doorway. The walls are bright orange and covered with stickers depicting pastel-coloured balloons and ice-cream cones with the dates of birthdays of the children written on the scoops of ice cream. Letters on the wall spell out “birthdays are sweet.” Other papers taped to the wall show the alphabet and numbers. Low shelves hold markers, crayons and other drawing supplies. The two men are smiling, and both wear dark pants, a white shirt and red ties.

Let’s make a deal: The Trudeau government’s social policy leadership

In a small room with blue walls, two simple hospital beds, two small windows, and a white sheet tacked to the wall, a woman lies with her eyes closes, head turned sideways, on a bed with a black mattress, her new baby resting on her tummy. She looks exhausted. A patterned cloth with browns, whites and black covers her midriff, with the baby on top of it. Her knees are up and her legs are bare. The midwife, a man, wears white rubber gloves as leans over to clean the baby.

Canada must prioritize midwifery as part of its development assistance

How to create early childhood spaces: lessons from Quebec

Quebec’s other quiet revolution

Make key Quebec public services universal for the cost of a Big Mac a week

Loosen eligibility criteria to EI parental benefits to improve inclusion

A woman works a calculator at a table with a laptop computer while a baby watches a screen in the background.

Make remote work a plus instead of a penalty for gender equality

A cafeteria worker hands a plate with tomatoes, a piece of orange, and a sandwich to a child.

A national school food policy is no substitute for reducing food insecurity

Multi-coloured car illustrations hang on a wall above small lockers with baskets and backpacks in a daycare in Langley, B.C.

Building an anti-racist child-care system in Canada

Give parents a choice in child care

Two small children laying among building blocks and looking through blocks with holes in them.

Four ideas to make Quebec’s child-care system a model for all of Canada

A woman speaks with a young boy sitting at a table with a tiny toy truck, a stuffed animal, colour pencils and sheets of paper in front of him.

Taking care of the care workers

Side view illustration of a woman whose head and shoulders have been split into six vertical segments with an orange background.

Mental health care doesn’t need to cost anything

Pushing through snow accumulating on a major downtown street, a man pedals a converted bike whose front end has been converted to carry a large, heavy container for goods.

Quality of work goes beyond income

More money for more new parents

Four adult hands holding an adorable baby.

Parental leave needs an overhaul

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