January 29, 2026: The promise of $10aDay child care is at risk of being broken, child care advocates warned today as Canada’s Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers responsible for early learning and child care gathered in Ottawa to discuss the future of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care plan.
An open letter released September 1, 2026, signed by a group of 22 Canadian business leaders, calls for early childhood education to be treated as core economic infrastructure. Pointing to decades of Canadian research about the benefits of early childhood education, the letter “grounds its case in established science” that demonstrates how early learning and...
Child Care Now, Canada’s national child care advocacy association, is seeking a skilled and creative bilingual (French/English) Communications Coordinator to help us communicate our advocacy priorities to diverse audiences, expand our spheres of influence, and strengthen our impact. Expected start date by September 30, 2026, or sooner. Terms of Employment It is preferred that the...
For over a decade, the Child Care Fee Survey - led by David Macdonald at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Martha Friendly from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) - has monitored child care fees in major cities across Canada. Fees are falling, but progress is uneven The recently released results...
