Our Vision
Parents Can Balance Caregiving and Earning
Background
Entire generations of younger people are being squeezed between stagnant earnings, rising costs, scarce family supports, and a lack of work-life balance. Some are adapting by putting off their dream of having a family or giving up on it altogether. For others, this squeeze is passed on to the next generation, leaving 1/4 to 1/3 of kids starting school in ways that mean they’re more likely to fail, go to jail, or wind up sick as adults.
We've mapped out how to solve this symptom of generational unfairness in our comprehensive policy solutions below.
Our Priorities
We're currently focusing on these policy changes to reach our goal:
- Make child care affordable for all families, by setting $10 as the maximum daily fee. Five provinces have already achieved this milestone. It’s time for the rest to catch up.
- Protect our progress on $10 a day child care system by paying staff the professional wages they deserve — and that will attract the workers needed to make child care spaces available to all families.
- Make sure all infants get the benefit of a parental leave system that lifts families out of poverty and gives all kids a good start in life. It will cost us less in the long run.
Our Comprehensive Policy Solutions
We can ease the squeeze on young families by providing quality income supports and child care, along with better options to balance time at home and work.
