Experts say there simply aren't enough daycare spots to accommodate the number of school-age children who may find themselves without a caregiver if parents return to work.
Monica Lysack, a professor of early childhood leadership at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ont. says that even in the best of times, Canada only has space in licensed childcare facilities for less than 30 per cent of kids.
"That means parents are going to have to pay double fees, for already astronomically priced childcare ... And where are the other 50 per cent of children going to go?" "This discussion of dual earners, or 1.5 earners as we sometimes call part-time work, it's really mothers," says Prentice. "When children are in school, this is when mothers' labour force participation rate jumps to its highest."
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