A critical moment for child care: speak up now

Canadians just voted for parties that support major moves to providing affordable child care to all. The Liberals, NDP and the Greens are all on record supporting many of the aspects of Child Care Now’s plan for affordable child care.

And as the Liberal government chooses its cabinet and gives its ministers their mandates, we have a chance to steer the course of the Trudeau government.

They can choose to make this mandate about meeting the child care needs of all.

Write the party leaders now — before they’re locked in — to help them make this choice.

Send an email to all federal party leaders urging them to work together to meet the child care needs of all

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I am writing to express my excitement at the possibility of making progress on child care under the minority Liberal government. With the Liberals, the NDP and the Greens all committed to building a system of affordable, inclusive and high-quality early learning and child care over the next ten years, we have an unprecedented opportunity to improve the quality of life of families from coast to coast to coast by ending their struggle to find or pay for care for their kids. I urge you to work together to: * Significantly increase federal funding for early learning and child care in the budget next year and every year after; * Work with the provinces, territories, Indigenous communities and the child care sector to expand affordable, inclusive and flexible licensed child care; Implement the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework; * Develop a workforce strategy for the child care sector that improves wages and working conditions; * Set up a national secretariat to work with the Expert Panel on Early Learning and Child Care to start building a universally accessible, pan-Canadian child care system; * Introduce legislation that sets out guiding principles for early learning and child care to guide the building of a pan-Canadian child care system; * Improve paid maternity and parental leave using the best policy approaches and expert evidence. Parents from every part of Canada are counting on you to work together to make improvements in early child education and learning. Can I count on you to deliver? I look forward to a personalized response to my question.
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