The child care sector is a critical part of our pandemic response
We saw it in Ontario earlier this month when child care centres were closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 then almost immediately re-opened so that health care and emergency services workers with children could stay on the job.
Child care fee survey shows that the right government action can make it affordable
This year’s survey of child care fees in Canadian cities reads like a parable for affordable child care. CCNow Executive Director Morna Ballantyne says contained within the 43 page report — the sixth issued by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives — are both...
Manitoba government responds to child care crisis with… another study
Child care advocates in Manitoba are shaking their heads today after catching wind of the provincial government’s plan to deal with a child care system under severe strain by studying it more. Details are sketchy but the coalition has learned that the government has...
Child care researchers release deep dive into the world of child care for precarious employees
Child care in Canada is expensive, hard to find and too often unreliable. But what if you’re among the estimated 30 per cent of parents whose working hours fall outside of a regular day shift? A new report by researchers from the University of Guelph, University of...
CCNow seeks ambition and follow-through on child care in the next federal budget
The next federal budget must make child care a priority, Morna Ballantyne told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance at its pre-budget consultations, Feb 6. Watch Morna Ballantyne’s presentation (parlvu.gc.ca) starting at 17:54:3 Read CCNow's presentation While...
New Child Care Now campaign targets federal party leaders
On October 21, Canadians voted for parties that support providing affordable child care to all. The Liberals, NDP and the Greens are all on record supporting many of the aspects of Child Care Now’s Affordable Child Care for All Plan. Child Care Now is asking Prime...
Letters to federal party leaders
Child Care Now has sent the following letters to the leader of the Liberals, NDP and Green Party asking them to maintain the important commitments they made in their election platforms. Feel free to use these letters a guide when drafting your own letters to the...
Election Statement: Child care advocates call on Liberals and NDP to deliver on their pledges without delay
Child Care Now is looking forward to helping the newly re-elected Liberal government and Canada’s new Parliament develop and enact a plan to make high-quality early childhood education and child care affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families across Canada....
Canada’s child care advocacy organization releases analysis of party platforms
Liberals, NDP and Green commit to child care; Conservatives put $6 billion of child care funding at risk FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, OCTOBER 17, 2019 – This morning, Child Care Now, Canada’s child care advocacy organization, released its final analysis of the child...
Liberals, NDP and Greens commit to child care; Conservatives put $6 billion of child care funding at risk
Child Care Now has examined the 2019 election platforms of the five parties with seats in the last parliament to see how they measure up against the key elements of our Affordable Child Care for All plan.
NDP Child Care Plan gets it Right
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NDP Child Care Plan Gets it Right VANCOUVER, September 30, 2019 – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s child care platform, announced today from Vancouver, British Columbia, gets top marks from Canada’s child care advocacy association. “The NDP has done...
New toolkit helps you engage voters and candidates on child care
The 2019 federal election campaign is well underway but there is still time to get the federal parties and candidates to commit to do much more to end the crisis in child care in Canada. Child Care Now has developed a toolkit that provides everything you need to...
RELEASE: Justin Trudeau’s child care announcement is a positive step forward
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 - Child Care Now welcomes Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s child care announcement this morning which promises the establishment of a federal child care secretariat to lay the groundwork for a pan-Canadian child care system and...
Groups across Canada are collecting signatures in support of affordable child care
As the federal election nears, dozens of organizations are mobilizing their members to join Child Care Now’s efforts to get candidates to support the Affordable Child Care for All Plan. Thousands of voters have signed petitions signatures have been coming in from all...
Hundreds march in event to support child care in Manitoba
On August 20, hundreds of families and child care workers marched to raise awareness about the issues facing early learning and child care in the run-up to Manitoba’s provincial election. Organized by the Manitoba Child Care Association (MCCA), the event included...