1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«This chapter compares childcare and early learning policy in Quebec and Ontario.» (p. 131)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
Données documentaires diverses

Type de traitement des données :
Réflexion critique

3. Résumé

En ce qui a trait aux politiques familiales, l’auteur consacre un chapitre pour décrire et comparer l’évolutions des politiques publiques en matière de services aux familles en Ontario et au Québec. Dans ce chapitre, il explique en quoi le cheminement québécois en matière de services de garde a subi une évolution différente de celle qu’a connue l’Ontario. «[T]wo causal mechanisms were mainly responsible for these dissimilar paths: (1a) the provinces’ distinctive settings for interest intermediation and (1b) their different partisan landscapes. […] A particular feature [in Quebec] was the significance they attributed to community-based organizations. Quebec’s non-profit childcare movement thrived in this setting. The movement’s links to influential feminists and some of its relatively strong labour federations helped propel its reform agenda […]. The societal milieu in Ontario differed strikingly. In this individualistic culture, little premium was attached to community-based activities.» (p. 161) «Party systems also mattered. In Quebec, the main parties did not diverge radically on childcare, though there were differences between them. […] Ontario’s parties, in contrast, diverged fundamentally on the merits of widely available, publicly funded and regulated childcare.» (p. 162)