Authors

  • Naomi Lightman: Associate Professor of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Ernie Lightman: Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, University of Toronto
  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    In purely fiscal terms, study after study shows that a dollar invested in child care yields a greater financial return over a lifetime than any other expenditure of public funds.

    Much of the world (notably South Korea, Japan, et al) need to take a close look at this

  • ikidd@lemmy.world
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    Didn’t he already abdicate and the Liberal party operators were picking another monarch? We should wait for the white smoke.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      … and that was his biggest failure for which I’ll never forgive him.

      You know how smöl PP might be our next PM? (Polling is shifting towards LPC but it’s still quite possible)… had he actually gotten serious about MMP or PR the CPC’s extremist views wouldn’t stand a chance.

    • Grimpen@lemmy.ca
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      <sniff> yeah and that…

      The irony will take the sting out if a Liberal-NDP split lets the Conservatives skate up the middle.

      • infinitevalence@discuss.online
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        Could be worse you could live in the States or North Korea… It’s getting hard to tell the difference other that that the current firing squads are restricted to convinced criminals…