Election Image of the Day: The sight of the NDP leader shopping for baby clothes is enough to warm any voter’s heart. The same cannot be said for $10-a-day day care.
Failing to support home-based child care may be the single biggest missed opportunity in the Liberals’ child care plan
Budget 2017 highlighted inequities Canada’s self-styled ‘feminist’ prime minister has yet to change
Parents increasingly depend on city-run camps to keep their kids busy during the dog days. Is it time to overhaul the school calendar?
Universal daycare is almost certainly good for the economy. But what about the children who actually use it?
Maclean’s is your destination for the 2015 election. Start with our in-depth primers on the issues that will dominate the election, like child care
Aaron Wherry in conversation with the NDP leader about day-care fees and early-learning strategies
The Ottawa bureau discussed the stories that have Ottawa talking
The province’s child care program has done a lot for working moms, not so much for their kids
A death at an illegal daycare has revived calls for universal child care. But that’s not most parents’ first choice
Jodie Edwards on what happened the day her daughter died
Canada shouldn’t ignore the mixed experiences reported in other countries, writes John Geddes