Motherhood

Mothering in Poverty: Has There Been Any Progress in Canada?

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The shift from a Keynesian welfare state and the Canadian Assistance Plan to a neoliberal governance and the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) model in the 1980s and 1990s and then the implementation of the current Poverty Reduction Strategy has had numerous implications for poverty in Canada. With a focus on single mothers in Canada, this article will assess the impact of each of these policy shifts to determine whether or not poverty has in fact been reduced.

OPINION | The Other Cost of Post-Secondary Education

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With more and more women deciding to put off starting families because of career, education and lifestyle it may be worth examining what the potential consequences of those decision may turn out to be. This article considers the idea that this “one has plenty of time” theory may result in a generation of people with serious regrets.