Have child, need job: How child-care problems prevent many families from re-entering the workforce

More than 300,000 Canadian families faced child-care access barriers last year that delayed a parent’s return to work, underscoring the urgent need to expand child-care access. This was despite other tangible and important gains related to Canada-wide child care — the affordability of care from lower parent fees (for people who secured child-care spaces) and increases in GDP as more mothers entered the labour force. These findings are detailed in a new Centre for the Study of Living Standards…