Striving for parent, family, and caregiver needs such as accessibility and affordability of early learning and child care to be met.
Morna Ballantyne, Executive Director of Child Care Now, has been appointed to the newly established Sectoral Table on the Care Economy. Launched by the Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Jobs and Families, the Sectoral Table will provide advice on potential actions to support the care economy. The care economy “encompasses both unpaid and paid 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…
A recent report released by TD Canada titled, “the Space Between Us”, says the significant increase in labour force participation among women with children under the age of six since 2020 can be attributed to two factors: the rise of workplace flexibility and the significant reduction in parent fees for licensed child care brought in…
On July 6th 2023 , the Jimmy Pratt Foundation released its fourth discussion paper on the early years in Newfoundland and Labrador. “Making Space: 2023 Roadmap on Early Learning and Childcare” which proposes 5 pathways supported by researchers and advocates that would help the government create more regulated spaces rapidly. While there are many possible…
The government of Nova Scotia has hired the consulting firm HUB International to develop options for putting in place extended benefits and pensions for the child care sector In a presentation made to the sector on May 11 2023, provincial officials and HUB international representatives described various options for benefits administration and two broad pension…
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador have announced that parents who access licensed child care will pay $10 a day as of this Spring. “This is welcome news for families who have access to a licensed child care space but unfortunately that’s the case for far too few,” says Morna Ballantyne, Executive Director of Child…
On May 4, 2023 the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) presented to the House of Commons its report on Bill C-35, the federal government’s proposed early learning and child care legislation. This report includes several amendments to the legislation, informed by the briefs…
As $10-a-day child care is rolling out across Canada, an insufficient number of spaces relative to demand remains a major challenge. Not Done Yet, a report just published by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives examines the availability of spaces across the country and finds that nearly 48 per cent of younger children in Canada live…
On April 27 2023, the Manitoba government announced an increase in the Manitoba wage framework for early childhood educators. The bump in wages is to be financed by federal funds transferred to the province under the Manitoba-Canada Early learning and child care agreement. Child care centres will receive public funds to raise the rates of…
Child Care Now is pleased to announce our new project “Quality Early Childhood Education through Policy Change”. We are embarking on this journey with community and sector partners including the Child Care Federation of Canada, the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario and our provincial chapters and advocacy affiliates. As the federal child care system…
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