Get Canada working again with child care
Did anyone celebrate Labour Day ’normally’ this year? Virtual marches and distanced outdoor gatherings replaced the traditional parades and picnics to fight #COVID-19. And while we may mourn the loss of tradition and celebration, a much bigger problem is that...A diverse array of social policy and economic experts and leaders from a cross section of the economy, including women business leaders, appeal for more federal action on child care
Seventy-nine leaders and experts in social, economic, childhood development and labour policy are imploring the federal government to fund and expand child care as a principal piece of Canada’s social infrastructure.
Open letter to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada: There is no time like the present to build a pan-Canadian system of child care
August 12, 2020 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Freeland: We congratulate you for arriving at a Safe Restart agreement with Canada’s provincial/ territorial First Ministers to help “make our country more resilient.” The earmarked spending...
Alternative federal budget puts child care at the centre of COVID recovery
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a special Alternative Federal Budget Recovery Plan with child care front and centre.