Weekdays at 8:30 a.m. (9 NT)Monday, October 25, 2010 | Categories: Shift
The Quebec Government is pulling out all the stops for parents these
days. If you're a working couple with two children in Ottawa, you'll
probably pay 80 to 100 dollars-a-day for childcare. Across the river in
Gatineau, Quebec ... you'd pay 14-dollars-a-day. You'd get better
parental leave too. There's even a special leave just for Dads. And as
of last month, if you're infertile, the Quebec Government will cover
the cost of In Vitro Fertilization.
The Quebec Government has
spent 13 years overhauling its Family Policy. The goal has been to
boost two demographics ... new births and working women. As part of our
project Shift, our Quebec Producer Susan McKenzie decided to
take a look at whether the program has worked and whether it's
sustainable. We aired her documentary, Baby Bump.