Got to love being at a @childcarenow.bsky.social meeting where they know you so well that they label your lunch box!

Worth a listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b... #ChildCareBC #10adaychildcare

More live horses are shipped out of Edmonton for consumption abroad than the rest of Canada. The CFIA says Canada's humane standards ensure animals aren't harmed in transit- but @AnimalJustice claims the numbers in Japan paint a different picture. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...

Great to hear your analysis in the Hotel Pacifico strategy suite @lesliboldt.bsky.social

Snowing in Adanac Park - East Vancouver @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social

RBC, other big Canadian banks beat profit estimates as economy resists tariff impact reut.rs/3OMPHkS

B.C. Budget 2026 reaffirms our commitment to children and families across British Columbia.💛📚 ✔️ $634M new funding in K–12 education funding ✔️ $330M lift to ChildCareBC ✔️ Investments for before and after school care ✔️ $167M for the Classroom Enhancement Fund 1/2 🧵 #bcpoli

The pause on expanding $10aDay childcare signals an inflection point for a system already strained by high fees, limited access & educator wage concerns. Advocates say the freeze only works if the province uses it to rebuild a model that is fairer to families and workers. @futureofgood.bsky.social

Noon today PT, join senior economist Iglika Ivanova, policy analyst Véronique Sioufi and Stand.earth climate campaigner Sven Biggs for their analysis of #BCBudget26. Read their take and join us!

Happy Birthday to the wonderful Amy Bell! We love your presence on the radio! You are 50 awesome! @amybell.bsky.social @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social

BC budget freezes the growth of the $10-a-day child care system, pending a review into its future and to address complaints by current providers. cheknews.ca/top-5-things... #ChildCareBC #10adaychildcare

What about child care in the BC Budget? Families want to know. hopestandard.com/2026/02/17/1...

B.C. pauses $10-a-day childcare program in Budget 2026 cheknews.ca/b-c-pauses-1...

Thank you @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social and Early Edition team for the sensitive coverage of the terrible Tumbler Ridge tragedy. The interviews and music choices are much appreciated. Sending love to #TumblerRidge

Good news! And we need to ensure there is sufficient before-and-after school child care available in all elementary schools for families who need it. #10adaychildcare #childcarebc

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is headed to Greenland this week to open a new Canadian consulate in the territory.

We touch on news of the week including the Alberta separatism movement and the Trump administration, backlash on Canadian businesses in deals with ICE. And a lot of love for the people of Minnesota reminding us about the very best of humanity as they face the worst. youtu.be/hZfzoQxBvBw?...

Children make up about 30% of the over 70,000 people killed in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Wise words for government echoed by @judydarcy.bsky.social in her new book, “They should focus on legacy programs that voters would remember them for. And they shouldn’t abandon their base.” #10adaychildcare @davidebybc.bsky.social

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!” So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it (H/T longtimehistory)

Advocates call for federal, provincial governments to strengthen child-care system

Today in Ottawa, child care advocates raised serious concerns about possible cuts to Canada’s $10-a-day system. Workers can’t work without child care. We must protect it, expand it and invest in it. #ChildCareNow #cdnpoli Watch the press conference: www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

At the 2026 FPT Ministers Forum on #ELCC early learning and child care, #Yukon Minister of Education Scott Kent advocated with #NWT and #Nunavut ministers for more federal funding support for families across the #North: Read more: www.canada.ca/en/employmen...

100 organizations co-signed a letter to the Ministers responsible for early learning and child care, in advance of their meetings on January 30th. The joint letter calls on all levels of government to strengthen the $10aDay child care system.

Child-care advocates called Friday on the federal and provincial governments to commit to strengthening the $10-a-day system, as the ministers responsible met in Ottawa.

Today we joined Child Care Now at Parliament Hill calling for federal & provincial governments to re-commit to #10aDayChildCare and fund a solution to the waitlist crisis, including fair wages for educators & more non-profit spaces. Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

www.cpac.ca/headline-pol... #ChildCareBC @childcarenow.bsky.social

Glad to see the economic panel at @boardoftrade.bsky.social be asked a question about childcare as nation-building infrastructure. Former Premier Glen Clark answered brilliantly - childcare is an economic not just a social issue and recent progress should not be lost #10adaychildcare #ChildCareBC

This is the best thing you will see all day!

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Powerful new song by Bruce Springsteen - On the Streets of Minneapolis @brucespringsteen.net

The Fisheries Minister granted Marineland conditional approval to export whales & dolphins to the US—after the park threatened to execute the animals. Act now to ensure they won’t be bred in the US.s 🐋 #CdnPoli action.animaljustice.ca/page/185217/...

I’m surprised to hear that Australian Shepherd’s get their fur trimmed or shaved. Don’t they have a double coat @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social ?

Vancouver council votes down living wage motion three years after scrapping policy

Liam Ramos — who recently turned five — and his father were taken into custody on the driveway of their Minneapolis home. globalnews.ca/news/1162444...

theres a big media push by the 10aDay folks, glad to see it being picked up. bsky.app/profile/shar...

B.C. daycare providers warn they may have to leave $10-a-day program if forced to cut wages of educators theprovince.com/news/bc-dayc...

A reminder that BC has the most expensive child care in Canada Here’s the daily rates: Richmond $46.08 Surrey $38.87 Vancouver $34.10 Burnaby $32.53 Kelowna $24.01 Halifax $24.00 Windsor $22.00 Vaughan $22.00 Toronto $22.00 Richmond Hill $22.00 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Two fabulous future voters delivering an open letter to their MLA about the importance of quality $10aDay child care in BC

Dogs are the best. My girl…

Women leaders in BC sign an open letter to Premier Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social calling on him to recommit to progress on quality affordable $10aDay child care

Women leaders in BC call on Premier Eby to get $10aDay child care back on track www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A reminder that parents in BC pay the highest child care fees in Canada: Richmond, B.C., tops the list at $46 a day for infants with Surrey, B.C., a close second at $39 a day roughly four times the $10-a-day target. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

A lovely tribute to Hal Wake this morning - he had such a wonderful radio voice and the best morning radio name! @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social

Norway's new car sales were 96% electric in 2025 reut.rs/4betCVy

A small child care policy loophole closed by the provincial government but is this just a distraction from the system-building announcements not being made? cheknews.ca/b-c-child-ca...

I've just sent an email to Premier Eby, the Finance Minister and my MLA asking them to deliver what they promised, $10 a day child care. Please take one minute and do the same: www.10aday.ca/get_to_work?...