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earlyriser | 5 months ago

We have something similar in Quebec, $7 CAD per day. It's one of the coolest societal things in the province. Yes we pay a lot in taxes, but we have stuff like this.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/quebec-unive...

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Muromec|5 months ago

What kind of childcare you can get for 7 CAD a day? Where I'm right now it's something like 10 enlightenment bucks per hour.

jeromegv|5 months ago

The same or almost better than the privately funded one.

defen|5 months ago

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20170603

> We test the symmetry of this finding by studying the persistence of a sizeable negative shock to noncognitive outcomes arising with the introduction of universal child care in Quebec

oblio|5 months ago

Doesn't that study compare the results with basically keeping kids at home? That's not an option for a lot of people.