Feb 14, 2017 | CCAAC News
Families with young children should have reasonable access to a sufficient supply of affordable, high-quality, and convenient child care, says Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth in a report released just as the drafting of the...
Feb 14, 2017 | CCAAC News
The federal government’s proposal to extend parental leave to 18 months will negatively affect gender equality, says Queen’s University law professor Kathleen Lahey. In an interview on CBC’s 180 radio show, Lahey explained, “it has been demonstrated through very...
Feb 14, 2017 | CCAAC News
Please help spread the word about an on-line survey of parents now expecting a baby or on maternity/parental leave. This joint research is a project of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and is aimed at...
Feb 14, 2017 | CCAAC News
The Manitoba Child Care Association reports that Probe Research’s 15th annual Manitoba Business Leaders Index showed that 76 percent of the provinces’ CEOs and business leaders consider the lack of child care in the province a serious issue. Currently, there are more...
Feb 14, 2017 | CCAAC News
Mab Oloman became a child care advocate as a new parent in 1976. She thought the problem would be solved by the time she became a grandmother but the child care crisis has grown. Recently she contributed another appeal for government action on child care to This...