Source:
The Globe and Mail
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
25 Feb 2025
Excerpts
Ottawa’s introduction of an affordable daycare scheme designed to boost the work force participation of women with young children is showing positive results in some provinces, according to a recent study tracking employment trends.
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The most noticeable difference was in Manitoba, where there was a 7-per-cent increase in women with young children participating in the labour force, versus a 1-per-cent increase among women overall in the province.
In Alberta, women with daycare-aged children were the only group that had a increase in workforce participation compared with all women in the work force.
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