( COURTESY CHARLOTTE GENOA )Ontario must immediately commit to an affordable and publicly funded child-care system if it hopes to eliminate the significant pay gap between men and women, a government-commissioned report says. The recommendations on reducing wage inequity call for urgent investment in both child care and elder care, arguing that “insufficient options” often force women to shoulder unpaid caregiving roles — sometimes at the expense of paid work. Its top recommendation is immediate investment in child care, suggesting that committing 1 per cent of the province’s gross domestic product to child-care spending as a “useful” benchmark. Toronto single mom Charlotte Genoa, 29, says accessible child care would come as welcome relief. In the interim, Genoa is paying $80 a day for her little girl’s care while she is at work.

Source: thestar August 25, 2016 22:41 UTC