The Liberal Party of Canada, the Conservative Party, the New Democratic Party and the Green Party of Canada have each released their 2025 election promises. Here is what they say about child care. Liberal Party The Liberal party platform promises that a Carney-led government will: The Liberal Party’s costing of the program says federal transfers…
Rachel is an Early Childhood Educator (ECE) in Ontario. Rachel has worked in licensed child care centres, holds a Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies degree, and is currently set to begin her Master’s of Early Childhood Studies degree at Toronto Metropolitan University in the fall. Rachel is a fierce advocate for an early learning and…
Directly out of high school, Tina attended college where she trained to become an Early Childhood Educator (ECE). She has served children and their families as an ECE for 26 years. “Child care has been a fun ride,” she says, “but it is a very difficult time right now.” While Tina remains passionate about early…
Robin has been working in Alberta as an early childhood educator (ECE) since 1999. During this time, Robin has observed many initiatives, but none quite like the federal government’s decision to spend $30 billion over the next five years on building a universal system of early learning and child care. The recent Canada-Alberta child care…
When I was six weeks pregnant with my first child, my husband and I put our names on the Waterloo Region OneList— a centralized system of all licensed child care spaces in the region. My daughter did not receive a space until she was 18 months old. Due to the lack of adequate licensed child…
Your Child’s ECE is Probably Buying Crayons: A Case for Child Care It is 2016 and I am a new Early Childhood Educator (ECE) at a for-profit child care centre in urban Ontario; a for-profit child care centre that charges close to $2,000.00 per child, no less. I make $14.00 per hour, have no health…
I have been the director at Heritage Park Child Care Centre in Mission, British Columbia for over 21 years and I have the most dedicated, loving, and caring team for the children that we serve. In October of 2018, my oldest son unexpectedly passed away while playing a men’s hockey game. He was 22 years…
My name is Bernice Taylor and I have been working in licensed child care for over 30 years. I am privileged to work in one of three municipal centres in Alberta. The centre in which I work has been serving the residents of Drayton Valley for 13 years. In those years we have needed to…
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