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Article: Trends in child care/early childhood education/early childhood development policy in Canada and the United States.
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- American Review of Canadian Studies
- Article date:
- December 22, 2004
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"Social Development Minister Ken Dryden is expected to deliver big
things on early childhood education in 2005. Why are you focusing on
nationwide daycare rather than just helping parents, no matter how
they choose to raise their young kids?"
"First of all, this is not daycare, this is early learning and child
care. We want to make sure that children are ready to excel as soon as
they go to formal school, regardless of income."
--Prime Minister Paul Martin in a Macleans.ca year-end interview, 17
December 2004
The ability of the Prime Minister to fend off attacks against a national child care program by switching the label to "early learning and child care" ...