Ontario NDP platform: Change for the better
Overview
The Ontario NDP's new campaign platform features significant investments in child care. The party has promised: to allocate public funds towards the expansion of not-for-profit and public ECEC; free child...
Garderies : pourquoi les autres provinces n'ont-elles pas suivi le Québec?
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N'est-il pas étonnant de constater que le système de garderies subventionnées du Québec n'a jamais été copié ailleurs au Canada? Pourtant, quantité d'experts s'entendent pour dire que le réseau des CPE est un...
Feds to clarify that grandparents can access Canada Child Benefit
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The federal government will make changes to federal law to ensure payments to grandparents who are caring for their grandchildren in Prince Edward Island and other provinces are not clawed back.
Finance...
2016 early childhood education and care national workforce census
Executive Summary
Background
The Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) National Workforce Census 2016 (‘The ECEC National Workforce Census’) was commissioned by the Department of Education and Training (‘the...
Les services de garde subventionnés : l’exception du Québec dans le contexte fédéral
Summary
Compared with other Western countries, Canada has devoted far fewer resources to child daycare services. In contrast, since the late 1990s, Quebec has invested a significant amount in an accessible daycare...
Julia Lipscombe: Affordable child-care funding announcement good news for working parents
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This week, the federal and provincial governments announced they were committing more money to affordable child care.
More specifically, on Thursday, federal cabinet minister and Edmonton-Mill Woods MP...
Proper childcare helps poor working women – and it can boost economies
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In the fight for the rights of working women we must not overlook the most vulnerable: the millions of poor working women in cities in developing countries who are forced to take their kids with them to work...
Physical activity and sedentary behavior legislation in Canadian childcare facilities:an update
AbstractBackground:Within the childcare sector, physical activity and sedentary behaviors are not legislated at a nationallevel in Canada. Efforts have been undertaken to identify factors within childcare facilities...
What's the hurry? Five-year-olds not in rush for school
More children than ever are staying on at pre-school after they've turned five, Ministry of Education data shows.
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In 2017, 2491 five-year-olds were enrolled in early childhood...
NDP promises $12-a-day child care and lower deficits if elected
The child care promise is the cornerstone pledge of party’s ambitious 97-page platform, Change for the Better, launched Monday.
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Andrea Horwath is promising affordable child care —...
