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A Long History of Failure: Feeling the Effects of Canada’s Childcare Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2014

Danielle McKenzie
Danielle McKenzie*
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MA, Legal Studies, Carleton University
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Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , December 2014 , pp. 397 - 412
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