National Child Care Advocacy Assembly
Child Care Now’s National Child Care Advocacy Assembly will be taking place this November 18 (Saturday) and 19 (Sunday) both in Ottawa, and online. It is not too late to register to participate virtually.
Join us for the Inclusive Child Care for All: Strategies and Tools for Advocates Webinar!
We are excited to invite you to a webinar called “Inclusive Child Care for All: Strategies and Tools for Advocates,” hosted by Oxfam Canada, Child Care Resource and Research Unit, and Child Care Now on November 14th at 1:00 PM EST.
Senate should amend child care act to rule out federal funding for informal arrangements
Child Care Now has called on members of the Senate standing committee studying the federal government’s proposed child care legislation to amend Bill C-35 so as to ensure federal funds for early learning and child care (ELCC) are directed only to regulated and licensed child care programs.
During her appearance before the Senate Committee, Child Care Now Executive Director Morna Ballantyne urged speedy passage of the Bill but expressed concern that if early learning and child care is not properly defined a future government might use the law to authorize public funding of informal unregulated child care arrangements.
BC advocates welcome wage support, continue to call for publicly funded wage grid
Child Care Now joins the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) in welcoming the announcement of an additional $2/hour in publicly funded wage enhancements for early childhood educators in British Columbia and an additional $2,000 annual top-up for educators with infant/ toddler or special needs certification. The new government funding, which brings the…
OCBCC and AECEO release position paper & policy brief on a publicly-funded salary scale
The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) and Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO) have jointly released a position paper and policy brief highlighting the child care workforce shortage and how a publicly funded salary scale can support the successful implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) plan. The position…
National Child Care Advocacy Assembly: Ottawa, November 18 – 19, 2023
Child Care Now is excited to announce that we will be hosting a Child Care Advocacy Assembly this November! We hope you will consider joining us either in Ottawa or virtually on November 18 and 19, 2023.
Government of Manitoba and Canada agree on three-year child care action plans
The governments of Canada and Manitoba have released new Action Plans to continue implementation of the Canada-Manitoba Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement and the Canada-Manitoba bilateral agreement. Manitoba is the first province/territory to reach agreement with the Government of Canada on the content of the Action Plans for the 2023-2026 period. Agreements are…
More federal funding needed to make $10 a day child care a reality for all
Child Care Now is calling for increased federal spending on the early childhood education workforce, and for much bigger federal investments in the construction of more not-for-profit and public early learning and child care facilities. In a recent submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, Child Care Now has recommended that the…
Prince Edward Island proposes regulatory changes to ECE titles and centre capacity
The government of Prince Edward Island has released its proposed changes to the province’s Early Learning and Child Care Act, including changes to ECE certification titles and an increase in capacities of licensed centres. The consultation process for these changes ended July 19th 2023 and included public consultation sessions and written feedback with the Early…
Child Care Now responds to outcome of the meeting of ministers responsible for early learning and child care
Workforce strategy must include action on wages and working conditions Child Care Now congratulates the federal, provincial and territorial ministers most responsible for early learning and child care for agreeing to develop a multilateral child care workforce strategy when they met July 12, 2023 in Iqaluit to discuss and share their priorities for early learning and child…
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