July 2011 Maclean’s Magazine article with comments (web): “Is subsidized daycare bad for kids? A surprising new study says Quebec’s $7-a-day daycare is leaving children worse off (broken link)“
A study referred to in Maclean’s: How Does Early Childhood Care and Education Affect Cognitive Development? An International Review of the Effects of Early Interventions for Children from Different Social Backgrounds (broken link)
July 2011. Kids First commentary regarding the study (PDF): “Yet Another Study by an Education Prof Lumps Apples and Oranges together to Call for More $ for Institutional ‘ECEC”