The BCGEU has joined with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. to build support at the community level to create a quality, non-profit, accessible child care system.
CAMPAIGN NEWS
B.C.’s child care crisis was publicized at the Child Care – Let’s Make It Happen! press conference Nov. 17/06: (l>r) Caroline Kent, BCGEU member and early childhood educator; Julie Linkletter, Vancouver parent; Sharon Gregson, spokesperson for the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C.; Mike Clarke, BCGEU vice president; and Morna Ballantyne, national coordinator, Code Blue for Child Care.
Click here to view a webcast of the press conference.
"How BC should be spending child care money"
Important update from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (Dec/06)
RADIO AD
Click Here to listen to the child care radio ad - Sept. 2006
(mp3 file)
COMMUNITY FORUMS
Click here for webcast of May 10 forum
Child Care – Let’s Make It Happen community forums happened in the spring of 2006 around B.C. Locations included Prince George, Kamloops, Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver and Maple Ridge. More events are being scheduled for the fall of 2006. Please check here regularly for updates.
The Harper minority government broke the Child Care promise by refusing to honor the provincial-federal government agreements signed in 2005 that would provide $5 billion in federal funding over five years (2004/05 to 2009/10) to create a quality, national child care system in Canada. While the Harper government's taxable family allowance will help some families, it does not create the sustainable child care spaces that are desperately needed. |
