Family

June 4th 2021 - Alberta - The Hub

Ken Boessenkool: The time has come for a new family agenda

Ken Boessenkool: The time has come for a new family agenda

Ken Boessenkool: The time has come for a new family agenda The biggest issue Canada must grapple with over the next 30 years is the health of its families The Hub launched with a core mission of getting Canadians thinking…

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May 13th 2021 - Alberta - The Line

Dear Kenney, purge the disloyal

Dear Kenney, purge the disloyal

Ken Boessenkool: Dear Kenney, purge the disloyal Free advice for an Alberta premier under serious and mounting pressure Memo Date: Monday May 13, 2021 To: Chief of Staff to the Premier of Alberta From: Ken Boessenkool Re: Free advice… worth…

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May 5th 2021 - Economics - The Hub

Ken Boessenkool: The good, the bad and the opportunity in the federal child care plan

Ken Boessenkool: The good, the bad and the opportunity in the federal child care plan

The good, the bad and the opportunity in the federal child care plan Provinces should now counter federal aspirations with their own ideas Canada’s child care infrastructure is far from neat and tidy, but it does have an overarching logic…

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January 14th 2021 - Family - MAX Policy

Ken Boessenkool Argues for a Childcare Baby Bonus

Ken Boessenkool Argues for a Childcare Baby Bonus

MAX Policy is a collection of provocative ideas and policy solutions generated by the minds at the Max Bell School of Public Policy. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed cracks in the foundations of our social infrastructure. For example, the pandemic has…

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November 4th 2020 - Family - CD Howe Institute

Are We Doing Enough to Help Parents Weather the COVID Storm?

Are We Doing Enough to Help Parents Weather the COVID Storm?

The current crisis has had an outsized impact on women with young children. While men with young children have largely recovered their hours of work since the beginning of the pandemic, women with young children have not.

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