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Articles and Speeches

Doing it all; More moms have stopped stuffing briefcases in favour of stuffing their children's lunch boxes -- choosing to stay home and raise their kids
Jennifer O'Brien, The London Free Press; 10 May 2005

Mother's Day alert: Stay-at-home mom's worth $164,000 a year: Hugs and kisses were also factored in, but there's more to it than that
Misty Harris, The Ottawa Citizen; 06 May 2005

CBC Commentary
16 Feb 05; by Sharon Gregson
Will there ever be a national child-care program? Federal-provincial talks on the scheme broke down last week. Sharon Gregson is a longtime day-care activist and the mother of four children. She wonders if Canada is too fragmented now to ever make a national program.

Child Care Statistics
7 Feb 05; Statistics Canada
Over half of Canadian children were in some form of child care by 2000/01 and a quarter of them were in a daycare centre, according to a new Statistics Canada analysis.

Caught in the middle; School-age children, from age 6 to 12, have few options for after-school care
Andrea Gordon, The Toronto Star; Dec 03, 2004

Why Business Should Care About Canadian Families?
Vanier Institute of the Family; Nov 29, 2004

Once upon a time: Imagining day care in a fantasy world
Maria Kubacki, The Ottawa Citizen; Nov 28, 2004

Here & there: When it comes to top-quality, affordable day care in this region, the Ottawa River is the great divide
Maria Kubacki, The Ottawa Citizen; Nov 28, 2004

Most Canadians favour traditional family yet likely won't be part of one, study finds
Bob Harvey, Ottawa Citizen/Vancouver Sun

Daycare, Norwegian-style
Reid Robinson, Globe and Mail; Nov 18, 2004

Choosing childcare can be frustrating for parents
Lisa Tabachnick Hotta, Metroland Papers/East York Mirror; Aug 20, 2004

Oh baby, pick a hubby who dusts
Husbands and housework go together: Study
Couples who share chores may have more kids
Trish Crawford, Toronto Star; May 7, 2004

Minimum-wage jobs offer no escape from poverty, study finds
Norma Greenaway, Ottawa Citizen; May 4, 2004

Working Harder To Get By
Study finds Nova Scotians working more free overtime
Bruce Erskine, Halifax Herald; April 27, 2004

Parents, starting from zero, could use a public boost
Jane Jenson, Globe and Mail; April 24, 2004

Sask. moms having bigger families, earlier
Jana Pruden, The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon); April 20, 2004

User fees outweigh tax cuts, study finds
James McCarten, Toronto Star; April 19, 2004
“The benefits to Ontario families of the tax cuts imposed by the Conservative government between 1995 and last year were outweighed by higher user fees during the same period.”

from an article in the Globe and Mail; April 8, 2004:
"Kerry Wilson, a single mother with two sons, who juggles two jobs as she tries to support her family, said that for people like her, the choice between work and welfare is tough. If a family is on welfare, it has access to benefits, such as drugs and dental payments and fully paid child care, for which the working poor are not eligible."
Low income in census metropolitan areas
Statistics Canada report; April 7, 2004
Income gap widened between richer and poorer neighbourhoods

Canada's dads are the best
Erin Anderssen and Anne McIlroy, Globe and Mail; April 3, 2004

April 1, 2004 marks the beginning of the new federal social transfer fund – Canada Social Transfer
Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD)
"If you asked most Canadians what happened on April 1, 2004 that could potentially change the course of the country's future, you would probably get a lot of puzzled looks. ... We have had, and continue to have, a long and lively dialogue on the future of our health care system. The future of Canada's social programs has not received the same kind of thoughtful scrutiny by Canadians. And it should. The CCSD is issuing a call for a national debate on the Canada Social Transfer and has drafted a four-point agenda to get the ball rolling.

For more information about the Canada Social Transfer (CST) see the federal government site.
Details about Federal Support for Early Childhood Development and Early Learning and Child Care.

71% of women in labour force
Sue Bailey, Winnipeg Free Press; March 10, 2004

Full-day kindergarten aids primary students
CBC North; February 26, 2004

Raising a family – again
Ann Kerr, Globe and Mail; February 18, 2004

Ruling puts parental leaves in jeopardy
Elizabeth Thompson, CanWest News Service; January 29, 2004
A landmark Quebec Court of Appeal ruling that parental leaves are provincial jurisdiction and that employment insurance should not be used to fund social programs could have an impact on the federal government's ability to help Canadian families.

Modern Dads Share the Load
But men still enjoy more time off: study
Edmonton Journal; January 2004

What CEOs can learn at daycare
Jim Stanford; Monday, January 5, 2004; Toronto Globe and Mail
Daycare teaches the essentials of compassion and co-operation: Share, be gentle, take only what you can use. These are lessons we all could profit from.

A Step Towards Economic Security For Family Carers
Canadian Association for Community Living responds to the “Compassionate Leave Provisions for Canadians” outlined in the Federal Budget 2003
January 9, 2004

Ending child poverty a religious duty
Javed Akbar, Rabbi Arthur Bielfeld And Rev. Lillian Perigoe
December 24, 2003; Toronto Star
“Child poverty is not inevitable. It is a product of the choices we collectively make about the allocation of resources in our society, and about the tools we use to address the needs of children and their families.... The Canadian system of early childhood education and care is laughable, by international standards. More than 70 per cent of young children in Canada have mothers in the paid labour force, yet only 12 per cent of children up to age 12 have access to regulated child-care spaces.”

Education Watch
Quarterly e-newsletter of the Canadian Association for Community living, documents the state of inclusive education across Canada.
December 17, 2003

Universal child care is no longer something we can afford to ignore
By Judy Rebick, Elm Street Magazine
November 2003

Healthy Child Manitoba: Putting Children And Families First
Minister Tim Sale, Canadian Council on Social Development
Perception, Volume 26, #1 & #2, 2003

Yukon Health and Social Services Minister announced child care centres and family day homes are getting an additional $230,000 in direct operating grant funding (Yukon Government News Release - PDF)
October 15, 2003

Canada Urged to take Action in Fulfilling its Commitments to Children with Disabilities (MS Word Document)
The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has released its Concluding Observations to Canada's report submitted to the Committee in accordance with Canada's obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Committee urges Canada to take additional steps in assuring that Canada meets its commitments to Canadian children.... Children with disabilities remain vulnerable to discrimination and disadvantage. Exclusion and unequal access are still an issue in health care, childcare services and education, leisure and cultural activities.
Canadian Association of Community Living; October 9, 2003

Affordable child care needed in Ontario (Guelph Mercury)
Sheri Hincks; September 25, 2003

Day-Care Workers Strike Tomorrow: 32,500 Children to be Affected
Union charges that provincial government hasn't respected pay equity clause in contract (Montreal Gazette)
September 25, 2003

Employees at Quebec day care centres to walk out Friday to protest pay (Montreal Gazette)
September 25, 2003

Caregiving - What It's Worth (CBC Commentary)
"If both men and women are working outside the home, as they are today, who looks after the children and the adults who need care and support? ... We need to rethink the balance of responsibilities to reflect 21st century patterns of living.... The key is to make these services affordable for ordinary working families as well as the poor and the rich. ...Strangely, it is not what we are hearing about in this year's round of election campaigns."
Judith Maxwell, Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc.; September 2, 2003

Cost of raising a child in Manitoba estimated at $160,000

Quebec child care articles (Montreal Gazette)

Making childcare work (Eye Weekly, Toronto)
"It's time to revive the notion of a national childcare program. Finding decent childcare is a lot like finding a funeral home: you don't generally know much about it until you really, really need it, and then it costs a whole lot more than you were prepared for."
July 10, 2003

The Case For Early Childhood Education (ExchangeEveryDay)
July 3, 2003

Little to celebrate in child care "war zone" (Monday Magazine, Victoria BC)
Andrew MacLeod; May 26, 2003

Connecting the Dots: From Health Care and Illness to Wellbeing (PDF)
Notes for Remarks by Roy Romanow On the Occasion of Receiving The International Foundation's Public Service Award, Ottawa, May 8, 2003

For Immediate Release: Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
The Eves government continues to ignore the recommendations of its own Early Years Task Force headed by Dr. Fraser Mustard and the Honourable Margaret McCain.
Ontario; April 29, 2003

Excerpts from Letter to the Editor (Nelson Daily News)
Judy Pollard, West Kootenay Boundary Child Care Council; April 24, 2003

Early Learning and Child Care - Making Inclusion Real (PDF)
Canadian Association For Community Living; April, 2003

The 'Why', 'How' and 'What' of Social Policy Development in Canada (PDF)
Excerpts of Remarks by The Honourable Jane Stewart Minister of Human Resources Development Canada [ full speech available here ]
Toronto; March 27, 2003

"We need more champions.. more people who can overcome their ignorance and their fear and say that they want a better deal for children and for the families that support children." (PDF)
Excerpts from a speech presented by Bob Wyatt, Executive Director, The Muttart Foundation
Calgary; March 26, 2003

National child care a grown-up concern (Guelph Mercury)
Sheri Hincks; February 18, 2003

Toronto Collaborative Project
Project launches "made-in-Canada strategy" for early learning and child care.
City of Toronto; January 30, 2003

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