To lower inequality, boost spending on early childhood education

The Globe and Mail 

Craig Alexander, senior vice-president and chief economist of TD Bank Group focuses on the importance in investing in affordable, high quality child care and the benefits of early learning on young children. Alexander also calls on “more investment in high equality early childhood education and better access for such services for low and middle income Canadians. ”

“More access to affordable and high quality pre-school education could help to boost literacy and numeracy skills and would help to reduce income inequality in the long run.”

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