Making space for child care: Getting good child care policy back on the agenda

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This study reviews evidence to show why the federal government's Child Care Spaces Initiative is bad public policy. The evidence reviewed shows that the spaces initiative flies in the face of what is known about early learning and child care (ELCC), international and domestic experience, and the needs of families and children. "Making space for child care: Getting good child care policy back on the agenda" examines why the $10,000 per space in capital expenditures won't work to create the early learning and child care system needed. The study proposes policies that reflect research, best practices, domestic and international experience, and what Canadians who were consulted told the federal government they want.