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Child Care Funding Update: Prince Edward Island—Years One and Two (2021–22 and 2022–23)
Implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements
Feb 6, 2025

Diverse Outcomes for a Diverse Population
Findings About Homeschooled Adults from the Cardus Education Survey
Feb 3, 2025

Memo: Alberta’s Budget 2025 Consultation
Our recommendations address the following areas: supporting more families with child care costs, expanding support for independent education, reviewing post-secondary education funding to better serve working-class Albertans, redirecting gambling revenues to addiction relief programs, limiting the expansion of online gambling, increasing investments in palliative care for adults and children, and promoting employment for people with criminal records.
Jan 11, 2025

Policy Brief: The Risks of Advance Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
Response to the expansion of euthanasia to include advance requests.
Dec 16, 2024
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Islanders on Licensed Care Waitlist Nearly Tripled in Two-Year Period: Study
As PEI artificially dropped the price of one type of child care, demand for it predictably shot up.
Feb 7, 2025

Alberta Can Do Better than Federal Child Care Program
Will Alberta's planned child care changes really help parents?
Feb 6, 2025

PEI Child Care System Fails Most Parents
Province struggles to create spaces as waitlist grows
Feb 6, 2025

With U.S. Homeschooling on the Rise, New Research Report Provides Much-Needed Data on Outcomes
Time to end “simplistic, one-dimensional descriptions of American homeschoolers.”
Feb 3, 2025