The purpose of this backgrounder is to provide context for conversations at Cardus on the advantages, challenges, and potential reforms needed to improve Canada’s parental-leave benefits policies.
Family
Research Brief
Backgrounder on Federal Parental-Leave Benefits
February 9, 2022
Family
Research Report
Who We Will Become
A Survey of Children’s Public Lives in Christian Thought
December 8, 2021
Family
Policy Brief
Early Reflections on the Canada-Alberta Child Care Agreement
A Cardus Family Policy Brief
November 18, 2021
Family
Research Report
For Love or Money?
Why Canadian Young Adults Marry . . . or Don’t
October 21, 2021
Family
Research Brief
Missing Marriage and the Baby Carriage
Unpartnered Young Adults and the Decline of Fertility in Canada
June 23, 2021
Family
Research Report
Look Before You Leap
The Real Costs and Complexities of National Daycare
May 6, 2021
Family
Policy Brief
Family Policy Brief
Strong, stable families are irreplaceable and are foundational to a healthy society. Good family policy can also enhance family well-being by addressing the diverse needs of families and their most vulnerable members, children.
April 7, 2021
Family
Research Brief
Child Care by the Numbers: Canada
Child-care policies should be equitable for all families, regardless of the type of care they choose. Universal child-care systems fail to recognize the diverse care needs of Canadian parents and their reasons for the type of care they choose.
February 12, 2021
Family
Research Report
Will a “universal” early-learning and child-care system get mothers back to work?
January 28, 2021