Child Care Now is working with Oxfam Canada and the Childcare Resource and Research Unit on carrying out a joint project to ensure that the voices of women who have the most difficulty accessing licensed child care are heard. The two-year project, funded by the federal government’s WAGE department, will include research on the barriers…
Child care advocates have called on the Premier of Ontario to act on the spirit and requirements of its Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) funding agreement with the Government of Canada. In a joint letter to Premier Ford, the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario, Childcare…
BC Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside and BC Child Care Minister Katrina Chen recently announced that the average cost of early learning and child care will go down to $21 per day. In a media release, BC child care advocates applauded the announcement saying the province is making good progress toward full implementation of the $10aDay…
Today, on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Child Care Now reaffirms our support for the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework Agreement and recommits to work to work with others in answering the Calls for Justice, issued by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and the Truth and…
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released its Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) for 2023 setting out “a bold approach to addressing the concerns that directly affect Canadians.” The Alternative Budget, entitled Rising to the Challenge: An Agenda for Public Leadership, comes at a time when Canadians are facing rising costs of living, the ongoing…
Early Childhood Educators and child care workers in Nova Scotia rallied for proper compensation and better working conditions on Thursday, September 8th. Child Care Now Nova Scotia walked alongside them. Educators are demanding that the Nova Scotia government act urgently to address the crisis facing the early childhood education workforce. Nova Scotia, like provinces and…
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