Ultimately, what we need to do is change the mentality of employers. She said every company wants to hire young, dynamic and competent workers, but they have to recognize that many of those workers want families too. Quebec has a birth rate of only 1.45 children per woman of childbearing age, one of the lowest rates in the Western world. If we want more children, more workers and taxpayers for tomorrow, you have to create conditions favourable to women having children, you have to invest in family-friendly policies now. The Series Family Matters will appear each Friday with a full page tracking the lives of Canadian families in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal, as well as examining other family issues.
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