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Three Canada and Québec: two policies, one country
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Abstract
This chapter provides two case studies, a national one of Canada and a provincial one of Québec. In the case of Canada, statutory leave entitlements are divided between the federal and the provincial government. Of all the provinces of Canada, Québec is the only province that has made an important investment in the funding of childcare and parental leave. In this chapter, the distinct historical and political development of the two leave regimes are highlighted as well as some of the effects of these different approaches to the parental leave of Canada as a whole.
Abstract
This chapter provides two case studies, a national one of Canada and a provincial one of Québec. In the case of Canada, statutory leave entitlements are divided between the federal and the provincial government. Of all the provinces of Canada, Québec is the only province that has made an important investment in the funding of childcare and parental leave. In this chapter, the distinct historical and political development of the two leave regimes are highlighted as well as some of the effects of these different approaches to the parental leave of Canada as a whole.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures iv
- Acknowledgements v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction 1
- Australia: the difficult birth of paid maternity leave 15
- Canada and Québec: two policies, one country 33
- Czech Republic: normative or choice-oriented system? 51
- Estonia: halfway from the Soviet Union to the Nordic countries 69
- Finland: negotiating tripartite compromises 87
- France: gender equality a pipe dream? 103
- Germany: taking a Nordic turn? 119
- Hungary and Slovenia: long leave or short? 135
- Iceland: from reluctance to fast-track engineering 159
- The Netherlands: bridging labour and care 175
- Norway: the making of the father’s quota 191
- Portugal and Spain: two pathways in Southern Europe 207
- Sweden: individualisation or free choice in parental leave? 227
- The European directive: making supra-national parental leave policy 243
- Conclusion 259
- Demographic, gender and early childhood policy indicators for case study countries (2005, 2006) 273
- Index 275
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures iv
- Acknowledgements v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction 1
- Australia: the difficult birth of paid maternity leave 15
- Canada and Québec: two policies, one country 33
- Czech Republic: normative or choice-oriented system? 51
- Estonia: halfway from the Soviet Union to the Nordic countries 69
- Finland: negotiating tripartite compromises 87
- France: gender equality a pipe dream? 103
- Germany: taking a Nordic turn? 119
- Hungary and Slovenia: long leave or short? 135
- Iceland: from reluctance to fast-track engineering 159
- The Netherlands: bridging labour and care 175
- Norway: the making of the father’s quota 191
- Portugal and Spain: two pathways in Southern Europe 207
- Sweden: individualisation or free choice in parental leave? 227
- The European directive: making supra-national parental leave policy 243
- Conclusion 259
- Demographic, gender and early childhood policy indicators for case study countries (2005, 2006) 273
- Index 275
