For decades, @cupwsttp.bsky.social has run one of the most important child care funds in the country. It should be studied and emulated by policymakers and unions alike. By @kaitlinpeters.bsky.social and Ariane Hotte. #canlab @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

My latest piece in Perspectives about key lessons gleaned from the European Child Guarantee strategy to support a rights-based national #childcare strategy in Canada that prioritizes the inclusion of marginalized children under #CWELCC.

While other issues have loomed large in this election campaign, all party leaders should be paying more than lip service to the epidemic of intimate partner violence, writes feminist lawyer and author Pamela Cross.

When Poilievre says he's going to 'honour' the $10-per-day child care agreements, he means he's cancelling the program in 2026, when the agreements expire, so provinces can give you a tax credit instead of affordable child care #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Idaho on the verge of some very, very bad policymaking. I sincerely hope the state Senate or Governor has more sense than the state House. www.edsurge.com/news/2025-02...

Check out my article for Spring about what we can expect from Poilievre around #CWELCC and why tax credits and universal benefits will not provide parents with more flexible and affordable childcare. #Canpoli #cdnpoli #childcare springmag.ca/will-poiliev...

Investigating how kids are harmed by lower child care standards

🔦 Let's shine a light on all the workers in the early learning and child care sector. 🧸 Sign our petition to improve working conditions in early childhood education. cupe.ca/lets-shine-l...

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...

Here's my summary for rabble of our new Centre for Future Work research cataloguing the economic benefits already visible from Canada's new national $10-a-day child care program: rabble.ca/economy/univ... #canlab #cdnecon /2