Liberal Childcare Plan - a glimpse at the future (en francais)

I missed this post the other day -
Should Québec's child-care system be emulated?

That's why my RSS Bandit is such a handy tool.

Although most Conservatives already know this, the post gives an excellent review of the Quebec childcare program, a glimpse of where Canada would be heading with the Liberals "pan-Canadian" vision.

This post should be required reading for anyone who believes in socialized, government run daycare as the solution to all. As always, Le Blog De Polyscopique provides the post in both official languages.

After reading this, I was also thinking about Paul Martin's recent announcement regarding childcare. An additional $6 billion for five more years, AFTER the first five year commitment won't even cover the costs of the spaces already provided, let alone any expansion in the system. Either the Provinces pony up a heck of a lot more money or we have another federal program with massive waiting lists and limited service (9 to 5 daycare, with a 10 month waiting list, if you're lucky). The Quebec program quadrupled in cost over 6 years - and they have a $5.00 user fee.

Welcome to the future of institutionalized daycare in Canada. Waiting lists, rationing of resources, daycare tax or user fee and the Provinces begging for more money from the federal Government.

Sounds familiar for some reason.