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In 1997, the Canadian province of Quebec invested in creating a universal child care system, guaranteeing a spot for every child who needed one for $5 Canadian a day. Now, the Canadian government is proposing to build on the Quebec model in order to offer universal child care across the country for $10 Canadian ($8.03 US) a day. But some scholars and policymakers who prefer the U.S. market-based approach argue that, while women’s laborforce participation rose, the Quebec model is a “bad deal” for kids.

As President Biden proposes major investment in child care infrastructure and a number of universal early care and learning bills begin to circulate in Congress, what are the real lessons the United States can and should learn from Quebec?

������Ƶ’s Better Life Lab and Early and Elementary Education Policy programs are hosting a panel of experts from Canada and the United States who can help provide answers and discuss the way forward for an equitable, high-quality universal child care system here.

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Agenda

Welcome and Intro

• Laura Bornfreund, Director, Early & Elementary Education

Panel Discussion

• Catherine Haeck, Associate Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
• Brenda Jones Harden, Alison Richman Professor for Children and Families, University of Maryland
• Elliot Haspel, Program Officer, Robins Foundation
• Christa Japel, Associate Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
• Brigid Schulte, Director of the Better Life Lab (moderator)

Q&A

Concluding Remarks

• Laura Bornfreund, Director, Early & Elementary Education
• Brigid Schulte, Director of the Better Life Lab