Families want national daycare: Report

Families want national daycare: Report
Cash payouts, like those Conservatives promise, seen as inadequate

YWCA study developed model programs for four Canadian communities

Canadian families, irrespective of where they live or the size of their communities, want their child-care needs met by a nationally funded public system and not a federal cash payout, says a report prepared by YWCA Canada.

The YWCA commissioned four community task forces from fall 2004 to fall 2005 to address how local resources could be organized to strengthen child care and create a viable model for service delivery.

The task forces, in Halifax, Vancouver, Martensville, Sask., and Cambridge, Ont., were made up of between 20 and 30 local residents, including parents, service providers and business people.

"In all four communities it was never suggested as a possibility that money to parents would build a system," said study director Jenny Robinson.

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