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Trudeau’s record may be spotty, but his biggest accomplishment was a national child-care program

theconversation.com Trudeau’s record may be spotty, but his biggest accomplishment was a national child-care program

Whoever replaces Justin Trudeau as prime minister must prioritize the further expansion of the his government’s child-care program in the years ahead.

Authors

Naomi Lightman: Associate Professor of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
Ernie Lightman: Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, University of Toronto

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And election reform right? That was a huge part of his initial platform.
- ... and that was his biggest failure for which I'll never forgive him.
  You know how smöl PP might be our next PM? (Polling is shifting towards LPC but it's still quite possible)... had he actually gotten serious about MMP or PR the CPC's extremist views wouldn't stand a chance.
- <sniff>
  yeah and that...
  The irony will take the sting out if a Liberal-NDP split lets the Conservatives skate up the middle.
  
  Could be worse you could live in the States or North Korea... It's getting hard to tell the difference other that that the current firing squads are restricted to convinced criminals...
  
  Their fall doesn't excuse our shortcomings. We can do better.

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