Ebook: Alberta's Daycare Controversy: From 1908 to 2009 and Beyond (West Unbound)

Daycare in Alberta has had a remarkably durable history as a controversial issue. Since the late 1950s, disputes over daycare programs, policies, and funding have been a recurring feature of political life in the province. Alberta's Daycare Controversy traces the development of daycare policies and programs in Alberta, with particular emphasis on policy decisions and program initiatives that have provoked considerable debate and struggle among citizens. Langford brings to light the public controversies that occurred during the last four decades of the twentieth century and the first decade of the new millennium, placing contemporary issues in historical context and anticipating the elements of future policy struggles.