Good to see a reporter unpack the private health care story. There’s a lot more to it than “Twitter! Manipulated!!” ca.news.yahoo.com/truth-test-oto…

The release of the conservative fiscal plan confirms total cut of $10/day child care: it's anti-women, anti-family and anti-kids and would undermine a strong and fair social and economic recovery. Not a surprise but an awful choice. Elections have consequences #cdnpoli #childcare

#Opinion: Mr. O’Toole, on child care, you are 50 years late to the policy conversation. Canadian women are at a breaking point, and you may want to take notes, writes Morna Ballantyne torstar.co/jRUQ50Gc41e

#Opinion: If Ford is being honest about his change of heart, it’s time to show it on child care, writes Carolyn Ferns. torstar.co/M3Ku50GoEuB

The Premier of Ontario seems to be misinformed about eligibility for Ontario Works (what he called “the dole”) and immigration status. Here are the facts. #onpoli The majority of permanent newcomers to Canada are economic class - skilled workers, and skilled trades.

#Opinion: As Alberta signs onto the federal child care plan, everyone is asking: Where is Ontario’s?torstar.co/khLZ50GQl5f

Child care deal should put priority on not-for-profit services - thestar.com thestar.com/opinion/editor…

Child care deal should put priority on not-for-profit services - thestar.com ⁦⁦⁦Stephen Lecce⁩ ⁦Karina Gould⁩ thestar.com/opinion/editor…

"Ottawa would be foolish to sign a deal allowing ON to use federal dollars to increase for-profit childcare" - Toronto Star. Will hamstring fedgov's meeting its own goals #cdnchildcare Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care Child Care Now Canadian Child Care Federation

Today, we learned that a teenage boy in New Brunswick with a traumatic brain injury was held in lockup at a youth facility, a place he never should have been. After being released from a 30-day psychiatric hold, he took his own life.

As families in Ontario wait for child care fee relief, some for-profit child care owners seem more interested in continuing the status quo of sky-high parent fees and rock bottom wages for early childhood educators. #Opinion by Carolyn Ferns torstar.co/rXVj50JP0MA

#topoli #onpoli The whole argument is here, on Spacing: spacing.ca/toronto/2022/0…

thestar.com/news/canada/20… Time for action ⁦Sean Fraser⁩

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Editors, hire these people! Charlie Pinkerton: born political reporter, wildly good at this Jack Hauen: FOI king!! Aidan Chamandy: incredibly diligent, no stone ever left unturned Sneh Duggal: asks the best qs I’ve ever heard Jessica Smith Cross: a true champion of good journalism

The team at QP Briefing consistently kicked ass, delivered scoops and kept an eye on provincial politics like none other. We’re worse off without these journalists, but I hope QPB’s loss is some other smart editor’s gain 🤍

“Normally, you don’t turn down the chance to go to the premier’s house,” one source said. “[But] it felt dirty.” Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/9457569/o… #onpoli

Like in the US, Canada's childcare crisis is structural - a kind of 'market failure' that would best be solved by public provision of services, creating a true public service option. Smart analysis by Suzanne Kahn. rooseveltinstitute.org/2024/05/30/a-t…

New blog by #cdnchildcare economist Gordon Cleveland aims at "clearing the fog" by analyzing and understanding child care data. (Too much misinformation is floating around...) bit.ly/4h6XoM0