SOCI 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Human Capital, Child Poverty, Child Care
Week 12- family policy in Canada
Child care services
• Low cost in Quebec but higher in rest of Canada
o Montreal can be as low as $164
o Vancouver and Toronto can be between $1400-$1800
• Gov’t should fund hild are servies for etter affordaility
Child poverty rates
• Highest in British Columbia and lowest in PEI
• How can we reduce child poverty rate?
o More welfare programs targeting low income families
o Reduce costs of services
o Families earning higher incomes
o Better human capital
o Bottom up approach
▪ Bring the people who are affected to come up with solutions
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