Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 04/09/2025We do this in Quebec and it works really well. I think there’s a small daily fee. It’s a win on all sides - for the kids, the parents, the people employed to do care, the broader community. 1911
daily dose of estragon @craigburley.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Yes! For Americans passing by the thread who want to understand more about universal low-fee childcare: www.tamarackcommunity.ca/articles/que...tamarackcommunity.caQuebec’s Universal Access to Low-Fee Child Care: Les Centres de la Petite EnfanceAccess to affordable and quality childcare is an important poverty reduction and prevention strategy. 1268
daily dose of estragon @craigburley.bsky.social · 05/09/2025"In Quebec between 1997 and 2007 (the first ten years of $5 a day universal child care), the low-income rate for single-parent families headed by women fell from 60.3% to 20.4%." 072
