Congratulations to all involved. More of this! vancouver.ca/news-calenda...

Congratulations to @pattyhajdu.bsky.social on her appointment to Cabinet as Minister for Jobs and Families. Child care advocates look forward to working with you on the expansion and strengthening of Canada’s @$10aDay child care program

Congrats to Emma Harrison in Peterborough (hometown proud)!

If you are worried about the future of early learning and child care in Canada, read this theconversation.com/where-the-pa...

Strangely I can’t find any commitment in NDP platform to strengthen Canada’s $10aDay child care program. I hope someone can see what I may have missed

I’m very happy with the Liberal Party of Canada’s platform on child care, especially: pledge to protect and strengthen $10aDay program, higher wages for ECE staff, will require expansion of public child care infrastructure, link child care expansion to housing expansion. liberal.ca/cstrong/prot...

So far, the policy debate in #election2025 has been disappointing to say the least. There is so much to be talking about. Canadians deserve better - from my colleagues at the @ccpa

Yes, we need a federal government that will strengthen and expand #10aDay child care not a government that falsely claims new program is broken www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Very goog to see new government in NB expanding $10aDay child care by supplementing federal investment tj.news/new-brunswic...

CUPE Secretary Treasurer urges Canadian governments to stick with, and improve, Canada’s $10aDay child care program www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

Le gouvernement fédéral vient d’annoncer la reconduction des accords bilatéraux sur l’apprentissage et la garde des jeunes enfants avec 11 des 13 provinces et territoires. scfp.ca/le-scfp-salu...

The federal government has announced the extension of the Canada-wide early learning and child care bilateral agreements with 11 of 13 provinces and territories. cupe.ca/cupe-applaud...

Just one more reason Canada doesn’t have any interest in becoming the 51st state childcarenow.ca/2025/03/06/f...

“As scholars of social policy … we believe the [$10aDay childcare program] is the biggest improvement to Canada’s welfare state since the initial implementation of medicare in 1966-67, updated via the Canada Health Act in 1984.” theconversation.com/trudeaus-rec...

Thank you @unifor.org for your child care advocacy.

The Alberta government left more than $6.1 billion on the table by not negotiating an extension of its child care agreements with the federal government.

The Saskatchewan government left $1.65 billion on the table by not negotiating an extension of its child care agreements with the federal government.

Child Care Now’s response to Prime Minister Trudeau’s announcement that 11 provinces/territories have agreed to strengthen Made-in-Canada $10aDay child care plan childcarenow.ca/2025/03/06/f...

Child care advocates are celebrating the extension of the child care funding agreements cupe.ca/cupe-applaud...

Thank you BC childcare advocates for encouraging your provincial government to extend the childcare funding agreements. NB government has just assured NB advocates that it favours an extension. I bet most other provinces and territories do as well.

We understand the Gov’t of Canada has invited provinces to sign the next 5-year Canada-Wide Early Learning & Child Care Agreements. We wrote to @lisabeare.bsky.social asking that B.C. sign to confirm continued federal funding #ChildcareBC #bcpoli #10adaychildcare

The implementation of $10-a-day child care in British Columbia offers significant benefits for women fleeing violence, particularly those seeking to rebuild their lives while ensuring the safety and well-being of their children. www.bwss.org/affordable-c...

Unifor signed onto the OCBCC letter to Premier Ford asking him to accept a federal offer to extend federal $10aDay child care funding to 2031. Families and child care workers need stability, and Ontario needs better child care. www.childcareontario.org/funding_exte...

The boycott is strong and getting stronger every day.

Bravo! Iqaluit’s only Inuktitut child care centre, Tumikuluit Saipaaqivik, is in new and expanded space. I visited the centre several years ago and was so impressed by the staff and parent volunteers but more and better facilities were needed. www.canada.ca/en/employmen...

Alberta Minister Matt Jones just wrote on FaceBook that the Alberta government is turning down the federal government's offer to extend the child care funding agreements expiring soon. Shame. Time for all who want more affordable child care to pressure their p/t governments to say YES

Liberal leadership candidate @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social's affordability plan announced now includes expanding $10aDay child care: new/renovated federal buildings would be required to have child care space; non-profit operators using federal space would not pay rent. Could be implemented today.

“Elsewhere, local recruiters have taken to phoning up daycares on a doctor’s behalf, since the only thing harder than finding primary care in Canada might be landing one of those coveted child-care spots.” secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/s...

The Alberta government scrapped its child care parent fee subsidy system yesterday while putting in place a fee cap of $15/day. This move means a huge hike in fees for low-income families. Despicable. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If this wasn’t posted by @democracynow.org I would say it’s unbelievable.

Manitoba’s NDP government is spending its own provincial revenue to finance the cost of making school age #childcare more affordable by extending $10aDay licensed care to non-school days. Important and welcome development. winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/school-holid...

Here's my take for the Progressive Econ.Forum on the so-called 'vibecession': progressive-economics.ca/2024/12/inte.... If sentiment is so negative, why are people spending more? Is vibecession mostly political (fueled by negative media & social media), or can it restrain the real economy? 🤷‍♂️#cdnecon

I'll join a webinar Tues Dec3 7pm ET hosted by Child Care Now as part of their "10 Days of Action for $10-a-day Child Care". Join us! Register here: childcarenow.ca/2024/11/27/w.... I'll discuss our recent Centre for Future Work paper on the economic benefits already visible from the plan.

Groundbreaking for CCOC’s newest project on Carruthers - great day when shovels go in the ground on affordable housing! Always glad to see my friend @catmckenney.bsky.social besides.

Strength in labour & household incomes does not fit with the 'everything is broken' storyline. For sure, many people face real financial struggles & hardship (eg. housing). But things are clearly getting better, not worse. Regardless of your party politics, this is a good thing.

New report from child care sector on what governments in Canada must do to improve wages and benefits ( and improve retention and recruitment rates). Canada’s new $10aDay cannot grow without a larger, qualified workforce childcarenow.ca/2024/11/28/w...

Great work here from Silas Xuereb for Cdns for Tax Fairness documenting just how much excess profit Canadian corporations made from post-pandemic price hikes--and how we can still tax some of that back to help pay for the social & economic costs of their greed. taxfairness.ca/en/resources... #canlab

The conversation was very good. But @davidherle.bsky.social’s reaction to many of the points you and @jimbostanford.bsky.social made discouraged me. He seemed unconvinced that facts matter. Or at least unconvinced that facts matter much to the electorate.

Lessons for Canada’s $10aDay Child Care Plan in this article. Rather than use a publicly-funded program to boost for-profit providers, governments should be finding meaningful ways to expand public and non-profit service provision

We have released a new report today from the Centre for Future Work on the economic benefits that are already visible from Canada's new $10-a-day national early learning & child care (ELCC) program: centreforfuturework.ca/wp-content/u... #cdnpoli #cdnecon /2

Lawmakers must prioritize fully and permanently funding child care. Share if you agree!

November 20-30 marks ten days of action in support of Canada’s $10aDay child care plan. Some want to scrap it; we want to strengtyhrn it childcarenow.ca/wp-content/u...

On #NationalHousingDay, I stand among 71 Councillors against the use of the Notwithstanding Clause to clear encampments. Municipalities need resources and evidence-based solutions to address the humanitarian crisis of encampments — not the suspension of people's Charter rights.

Across Canada, advocates are calling for government-led. expansion of #10aDayChildCare www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Campaign2000’s 2024 report on poverty calls for a reduction in daily child care fees to 0-$10 a year based on income (below the federal government’s objective of an average of $10aDay). Child Care Now fully endorses this recommendation; has always called for a maximum fee of $10aDay