BRIEFS 2006
Early Learning and Child Care Services for Canada: Building Advantage from the Foundation
19 Dec 06 - CCAAC’s submission to the federal government in response to their 2006 Economic and Fiscal Update and their strategy document titled Advantage Canada.
Early Learning and Child Care: How Does Canada Measure Up?
Martha Friendly, 7 Nov 06 - International Comparisons Using Data From Starting Strong II (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2006)
Caring About Employability
30 Oct 06 - Public child care investments have tremendous employability benefits. This CCAAC brief was presented to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA).
The Financial Reality behind the Federal Child Care Spaces Initiative: A Mismatch of Mythic Proportions
12 Oct 06 - Read this CCAAC brief to see why the mismatch between the federal government’s child care spaces initiative and financial reality is of mythic proportions.
CCAAC’s Brief to Standing Committee on Finance
CCAAC 13 Sep 06 - Focused Public Investment in Child Care Services Enhances Canada’s Place in a Competitive World.
What’s Wrong with the federal Child Care Spaces Initiative?
31 Aug 06 - Stephen Harper’s Conservative government is starting to draw attention to its Child Care Spaces Initiative that is intended to create 25,000 new child care spaces a year by giving businesses and non-profit organizations financial incentives. Human Resources and Social Development Canada is engaging in a limited consultation with selected provincial officials, child care providers, employers, and policy analysts. Read this summary of the research on what works – and what doesn’t – and why.
Pre-budget Consultations 2006
CCAAC 19 Apr 06 - Early Learning and Child Care Submission by CCAAC - Federal Budget 2006.
Child care to become focus of Parliamentary struggle: Throne Speech shows no compromise
CCAAC / ACPSGE 4 Apr 06 - CCAAC's response to the Throne Speech
The Community Child Care Investment Program: Does the evidence support the claims?
CCAAC 4 Apr 06 - Backgrounder on the Conservative's Community Child Care Investment Program