[size=150:1ir9[album]0[/album]j]Affordable daycare pays off in many ways[/size:1ir9[album]0[/album]j]
LYSIANE GAGNON | Columnist profile | E-mail From Monday's Globe and Mail Published Monday, Apr. 23, 2012 2:00AM EDT Last updated Monday, Apr. 23, 2012 7:00AM EDT
Surprise! The much-maligned Quebec daycare program, often described as an unaffordable luxury, might actually be a good financial deal for both the provincial and federal governments.
According to a study done at Sherbrooke University, the quasi-free daycare centres (parents pay $7 a day per child while the real cost is $40) are economically beneficial.
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Since its foundation in 1998, the program has allowed 70,000 mothers to enter (or stay in) the labour market, which provided the public treasury with additional taxes that are far more substantial than the cost of the program. “The state obtained a fiscal return of 147 per cent, which means that the program has contributed to both the social development and the economic prosperity of the province,” writes Luc Godbout, one of the researchers.
The influx of women into the labour market has increased the gross domestic product by $5.1-billion, which in turn brought in $1.7-billion in taxes to Quebec and $700-million to Ottawa.
In other words, the highly subsidized daycare program not only pays for itself, it provides the province’s economy with additional revenue.
In 2011, half of Quebec preschoolers (215,000) were enrolled in daycare – an increase of 43 per cent in the past decade, compared to 20 per cent in the rest of Canada.
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