Budget 2021’s $34 billion commitment to early learning and child care, alongside Chrystia Freeland’s promise that, “this time, we’re going to do it”, is the result of decades of hard work by the broad child care movement, according to feminist historian, Lisa Pasolli. In a recently published article, laying out the long and fascinating history…
All of Canada is now paying attention to Quebec’s child care model, for inspiration and lessons, and in Quebec a thorough provincial government consultation and review is underway to identify what further improvements are needed. “Despite undeniable progress in terms of both the quality of and access to early childhood education and care, not a…
Come on out and hear from Child Care Now, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, and the Canadian Child Care Federation for a webinar highlighting the next steps that the Federal Budget 2021 has for early learning and child care.
By committing to building a Canada-wide system of early learning and child care with a federal investment of $30 billion over five years, the federal government is making history with its 2021 budget.
Child care sector in most Canadian cities at risk because of rising fees and declining enrolment, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
The centre shut down last fall after its landlord, the federal government, decided to start charging commercial rent. But a persistent campaign by parents, child care advocates and elected officials got the centre the permanent rent relief it needed to reopen.
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