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    Thomas Mulcair on child care and assisted suicide

    Aaron Wherry in conversation with the NDP leader about day-care fees and early-learning strategies

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    <p>NDP leader Tom Mulcair speaks with the media following party caucus on Parliament Hill Wednesday April 2, 2014 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</p>

    NDP leader Tom Mulcair speaks with the media following party caucus on Parliament Hill Wednesday April 2, 2014 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    Part of my conversation with the NDP leader aired this weekend on Maclean’s on the Hill, but here is the longer version.

    I focused mainly on the details of the NDP’s child care proposal and am indebted to the work of colleagues John Geddes and Kevin Milligan, as well as Carleton University professor Jennifer Robson, for informing my understanding of the issue.

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