National childcare has been discussed in Canada for decades, but COVID-19 has highlighted that it is not only a social policy or early childhood education issue but an economic policy imperative.  As the epidemic has demonstrated, we have a she-cession that affects women differently than men, and a good part of the solution is to ensure equal access to return to the workforce for women and men.

Is this the time at last?  Is this the federal budget that has to take the big step and make it a reality?

We will be discussing these questions PLUS our recently published report "A Childcare Plan"