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by earlyriser 277 days ago
We have something similar in Quebec, $7 CAD per day. It's one of the coolest societal things in the province. Yes we pay a lot in taxes, but we have stuff like this.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/quebec-unive...

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What kind of childcare you can get for 7 CAD a day? Where I'm right now it's something like 10 enlightenment bucks per hour.
The same or almost better than the privately funded one.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20170603

> We test the symmetry of this finding by studying the persistence of a sizeable negative shock to noncognitive outcomes arising with the introduction of universal child care in Quebec

Doesn't that study compare the results with basically keeping kids at home? That's not an option for a lot of people.