The federal budget fails to include any new child care funding beyond an annual inflationary increase that starts only in 2027. What does this mean for the federal promise to build a high quality system of affordable child care for all? Will the progress made so far to bring down parent fees be rolled back?…
Letter from Child Care Now, the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario and the Ontario Coalition for Better Care, for distribution to Ontario families. Dear Families, Families across Ontario enrolled in child care received a letter from the Minister of Education on November 10, 2025, confirming that the Ontario and federal governments have reached…
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Child Care Now is deeply concerned that the federal and Ontario governments are delaying, and may even abandon, their joint commitment to reduce Ontario parent fees to $10-a-day by March 2026. After much delay, the two governments arrived at a one-year extension of their first Canada–Ontario Early Learning and Child Care Agreement…
On September 8, 2025 twenty-three ECEs in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia went on strike after talks broke down with their employer, Munro Academy Early Learning Centre, self-described as being part of an independent private Christian school. The employees recently unionized with Unifor Local 4600 and have been trying to negotiate a first collective agreement that…
Earlier this week, the Alberta government announced a new Early Childhood Educator Bursary Program that will provide 300 bursaries of $10,000 to students who have been accepted into a one-year Early Childhood Education (ECE) certificate program. The Alberta government is financing the program using federal dollars it is receiving under the Canada-Alberta Early Learning and…
A new report by Dr. Jim Stanford, Director of Canada’s Centre for Future Work shows that recent growth of the child care sector, combined with lower parent fees, boosted BC’s GDP in 2024 by $5.8 billion, a sum much larger than the province’s child care expenditures that same year. The report, entitled “The Economic Benefits…
Last month the Government of the Northwest Territories announced their first edition of the Early Learning Framework– a pedagogical, communication and reflective practice resource designed to support, guide and inspire ELCC educators in their practice. Aligned with the vision and plans set out in the 2030 Early Learning and Child Care Strategy, the new framework…
Child Care Now welcomes the recent appointment of The Honourable Patty Hajdu as Minister of Jobs and Families, Anna Gainey as Secretary of State for Children and Youth, and Leslie Church as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Jobs and Families and to the Secretary of State for Children and Youth. “We look forward to…
In a historic announcement at the Manitoba Child Care Association’s annual provincial early learning and child care conference on Friday, May 23, 2025, Manitoba’s Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister, Tracy Schmidt announced a significant increase to the 2025-2026 wage targets for the ELCC workforce with funding coming from the Canada-Manitoba Early Learning and Child…
On May 1, 2025, Yukon Territory’s new Early Learning and Child Care Act (2025) Bill No. 48 received assent. It replaces the outdated Child Care Act (1990). The new Act will not take effect until the Yukon government develops regulations to support smooth implementation of the provisions. The Early Learning and Child Care Act (2025)…
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