Majority of child care providers are opting in to B.C.’s fee reduction initiative
This spring, the BC government began to implement its long-term plan to bring universal child care to British Columbia. The first step of the plan involves the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative. The initiative allows child care providers to receive additional...
Federal Government’s Child Care Innovation Fund launched
$10 million available for project funding Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos has issued a call for project proposals to find new and innovative ways to improve early learning and child care service delivery. The Government of...
Child Care to likely take center-stage in September New Brunswick election
The New Brunswick Liberal Party is going into the next provincial election with a promise to spend significantly more public money on early childhood education and child care using, in part, funds received through its bilateral early learning and child care agreement...
CCPA Report: 776,000 children live in child care deserts in Canada
According to a study, Child Care Deserts by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, an estimated 776,000 non-school-aged children (44%) live in child care deserts in Canada. Defined as postal code areas with three or more children per licensed space, a “child...
G7 Commitments to Gender Equality and Child Care
The 2018 G7 Summit held in Charlevoix, Quebec in June made important commitments towards gender equality including several promises relating to to child care and parental leave: Further support families by promoting high quality childcare that is accessible and...
The Gender Equality Advisory Council Releases its Recommendations
On April 26, 2018, Child Care Now attended an event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his appointed Gender Equality Advisory Council organized in advance of the 2018 G7 meetings. Trudeau established the Council, co-chaired by Melinda Gates and Canadian Ambassador...
Women’s Economic Security report a missed opportunity to create needed change
The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women has finally released its report entitled Women’s Economic Security: Securing the Future of Canada’s Economy. The Committee report makes 86 recommendations to the Government of Canada based on the briefs...
Ontario child care advocates press ahead
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, elected in the June provincial election, was the only major political party not to promise more licensed child care, or take steps to address high parent fees. Instead, the new Premier Doug Ford said a PC government would...
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You can help solve Canada’s child care crisis. Child care rates in most areas of Canada are climbing faster than the rate of inflation. Many parents are spending a huge portion of their income towards child care – if they can find a spot at all. Canada can do better....
Major report on Early Childhood Education in Canada released
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) released its report, Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2016. The 11th edition since 1992, the report provides key data on child care, kindergarten and parental leave across Canada. The consistent and...
Canada’s child care advocacy organization congratulates Ontario for free child care plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, March 27, 2018 – Canada’s national child care advocacy organization congratulated the Ontario government for its ground-breaking commitment to put in place by 2020 a system of free licensed child care for preschoolers starting at age 2 ½...
Comparing government’s Child Care BC commitments with the community’s $10aDay Plan
BC budget 2018: an historic breakthrough The 2018 provincial BC budget is considered a historical breakthrough that commits more than $1 billion in new provincial and federal child care funding over three years. This level of public investment delivers on key...
Failure to address child care crisis in 2018 budget keeps the brakes on gender equality
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, FEBRUARY 27, 2018 – The 2018 federal budget has blocked gender equality by failing to increase spending on early learning and child care, says Canada’s national child care advocacy group. “We are astounded that Finance Minister Bill...
Without more money for child care, the federal budget cannot be termed “gender-focused”
Reacting to the announcement that the 2018 federal budget will be tabled February 27, Canada’s national child care advocacy organization says that if the budget does not include a significant boost in financial support for child care, it will fail to meet Prime...
Canada’s Status of Women Ministers respond to Child Care Now
Child Care is on their radar Child Care Now sent a letter (example) to the federal/provincial/ territorial Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women in advance of their annual meeting in November 2017. The letter asked the ministers to work with child care...