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Originally Posted by Slava
I'm generally in favour of the subsidy, so let me say that. I think it's a burden on young families to have to pay so much for childcare, and I do think that it's good for the economy to have a larger working population. But I do want to ask, hopefully without getting flamed, how much the province/everyone should pay for choices that individuals make?
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I'm not sure I buy the argument that it's better for the economy to have a larger working population. By that reasoning, shouldn't the government subsidize home cleaning services so more Albertans can hire people to clean their houses instead of doing it themselves?
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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
It's cool to be against childcare subsidies, but on the other hand, you should in turn support increased immigration.
We're in the midst of a natural-born Canadian birthrate that's below replacement, and childcare costs are a huge reason for that. Our taxbase will collapse if we don't do one or the other.
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Polls show most mothers would prefer to stay home with young children if they could afford to. So it may be more effective to combat declining birth rates with improved parental leave benefits, than with subsidized childcare.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/186050/...side-home.aspx