| We need your help!
In Canada, nearly 50% of children live in a child care desert, meaning in an area where there are more than three children for every available spot in a child care facility.
While the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care system has managed to reduce fees by an average of 50% for parents, securing a spot for their child remains a significant challenge.
To ensure every child has a child care spot, three major barriers must be addressed: the labour crisis in the sector, the lack of infrastructure, and the threat of privatization.
These are three different barriers, but they have one common solution: sufficient funding from the federal government.
Invite members of your local to send a letter to the media to bring this issue to the forefront of discussions and pressure the government to invest $17 billion in child care over three years: $7 billion to resolve the labour crisis in the sector and $10 billion in infrastructure.
Early childhood educators urgently deserve a fair recognition of the work they do, and this recognition comes through better working conditions and benefits, including access to a pension plan. This is how we will attract and retain enough child care workers.
Thank you for your support. |
