{"id":8678,"date":"2020-11-25T13:42:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=8678"},"modified":"2020-11-25T13:42:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:42:19","slug":"new-study-shows-universal-child-care-would-help-canadas-economy-recover-from-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8678","title":{"rendered":"New study shows universal child care would help Canada\u2019s economy recover from the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/child_care_-_service_de_garde_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/child_care_-_service_de_garde_1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/child_care_-_service_de_garde_1-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/child_care_-_service_de_garde_1-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>November 25, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSAC welcomes new research from the Centre for Future Work that spells out how universal, affordable and accessible child care can drive Canada\u2019s economic recovery from COVID-19. The study shows that the economic benefits of building a national early learning and child care (ELCC) system far outweigh the costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study bolsters PSAC\u2019s calls for a&nbsp;Canada-wide&nbsp;ELCC&nbsp;system and&nbsp;strongly supports&nbsp;the&nbsp;Trudeau government\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/child-care-victory-government-announces-commitment\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent commitment<\/a>&nbsp;to \u201cmake a significant, long-term, sustained investment\u201d towards a Canada-wide ELCC&nbsp;as part of a post-pandemic economic recovery plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study&nbsp;shows that a&nbsp;universal ELCC&nbsp;program&nbsp;phased&nbsp;in over 10 years&nbsp;would:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>create&nbsp;<strong>over 200,000 jobs<\/strong>&nbsp;in regulated&nbsp;child care&nbsp;centres;&nbsp;<\/li><li>produce&nbsp;an&nbsp;<strong>additional&nbsp;80,000 jobs<\/strong>&nbsp;in industries that would support expanded&nbsp;child care, such as construction&nbsp;and&nbsp;renovation;&nbsp;<\/li><li>increase Canadian GDP by between&nbsp;<strong>$63 and $107&nbsp;billion<\/strong>;&nbsp;<\/li><li>generate an&nbsp;<strong>additional $17 to $29 billion<\/strong>&nbsp;in tax&nbsp;revenues for federal and provincial governments\u2014more than enough to cover the costs of&nbsp;publicly-funded universal&nbsp;child care.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Expanded&nbsp;child care&nbsp;would realize these massive economic benefits&nbsp;in part&nbsp;by&nbsp;creating a ramp for up to 725,000 more women to join the paid&nbsp;labour&nbsp;force.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report also notes the lifetime health and economic well-being of children who participate in ELCC programs. There is significant evidence that high quality early childhood education can improve cognitive and social skills, and lead to better health, which in turn can reduce government spending on health care and social support systems. Research shows that access to high quality child care is particularly beneficial for children from lower-income and racialized families who now have less access to programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Download:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/centreforfuturework.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ELCC-Report-Formatted-FINAL-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Role of Early Learning and Child Care in Rebuilding Canada\u2019s Economy after COVID-19<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur union has been at the forefront of the struggle for a universal&nbsp;child care&nbsp;system for decades, and&nbsp;it\u2019s encouraging to see&nbsp;that the&nbsp;stars finally&nbsp;seem&nbsp;to be lining up,\u201d said Chris Aylward,&nbsp;PSAC&nbsp;national president. \u201cIn short, what we\u2019ve always said&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;and&nbsp;what this new study&nbsp;confirms \u2014&nbsp;is that a national early learning and&nbsp;child care&nbsp;system will&nbsp;more than&nbsp;pay for itself.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadians currently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/oecd-child-care-costs-1.3815954#:~:text=Across%20the%20OECD%2C%20the%20average,countries%20that%20the%20OECD%20monitors.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">incur some the highest child care costs in the world<\/a>&nbsp;according to a ranking by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCanada has a lot of ground to make up when it comes to&nbsp;child care,\u201d added Aylward. \u201cInvesting in a universal, affordable&nbsp;child care&nbsp;system is the best way to ensure an equitable economic recovery after the pandemic.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/now-time-invest-child-care\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PSAC\u2019s recommendations for a national child care system<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/new-study-shows-universal-child-care-would-help\">New study shows universal child care would help Canada\u2019s economy recover from the pandemic | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 25, 2020 PSAC welcomes new research from the Centre for Future Work that spells out how universal, affordable and accessible child care can drive Canada\u2019s economic recovery from COVID-19. The study shows that the economic benefits of building a national early learning and child care (ELCC) system far outweigh the costs. The study bolsters &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8678\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New study shows universal child care would help Canada\u2019s economy recover from the pandemic&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8687,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678\/revisions\/8687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}