Blacklocks- Feds Made Up Daycare Claim
“At this time there is little to no research proving to what extent the increase in the participation rate of core-aged mothers of young children has been driven by any particular factor,” said the briefing note.
Finance Minister Freeland repeatedly justified the $30 billion program as an economic boost. “We said it would create economic opportunities for mothers all across Canada and thus greater prosperity for us all,” Freeland told the Commons in 2023. “It worked.”
The memo cited conflicting Statistics Canada Labour Force figures from 2019 to 2023. Numbers showed employment rates by all working-age women were virtually unchanged in half the country, increasing by less than one percent in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.