[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Flames0910

Alberta has the largest wage gap between men and women, the lowest proportion of dual earners, and the highest proportion of families with a stay at home parent of all provinces.

So there's evidence to suggest that women in Alberta are in fact choosing not to work because of the high cost of childcare.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/.../14202-eng.htm
https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/...-the-workforce

That's a big assumption you're making. As I noted earlier, most mothers say they would prefer to work less and spend more time at home. Alberta's higher rate of stay-at-home moms may well be due to high wages for traditionally male jobs in the province affording more families the luxury of having a mom stay home.

I've noticed at the places I work that few of the wives of the male executives have jobs. And I'm no executive, but my wife works .8 of full-time. If I got a significant raise, she would happily cut back to .6. Our income is pooled, so she regards +20k for me as essentially the same as +20k for her. And since we more than meet our basic needs, she would prefer to convert any extra family income into reduced time at work for her. I'm sure many other families make that same calculation.