Submission to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
June 2019
CCCABC Chairperson Report 2019
June 2019
CCCABC 2019 AGM Notice and Agenda
June 2019
Submission to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
Fall 2018
CCCABC Chairperson Report 2018
June 2018
CCCABC Poverty Reduction Submission
March 2018
Submission to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
October 2017
CCCABC 2017 AGM Notice and Agenda
June 2017
CCCABC Chairperson Report 2017
June 2017
Submission to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
October 2016
A cornerstone of equality for Canadian women: the essential role of child care in all articles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
October 2016
CCCABC Chairperson Report 2016
June 2016
Holding British Columbia Accountable: Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
BC CEDAW Group
February 2016
Shared framework for building an early childhood education and care system for all from the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
February 2016
Letter to Premier Clark advocating for the end of public funding to for-profit commercial child care.
October 2015
CCCABC Input to Provincial Office for the Early Years
October 2015
Submission to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
October 2015
Annual General Meeting Notice and Agenda
June 2015
CCCABC Chairperson Report 2015
June 2015
Letter from Young Advocates of Canada
November 2014
Media Release: Can BC’s Parents Afford to Have Kids?
November 2014
Child Care in Canada by 2020: A Vision and a Way Forward
October 2014
CCCABC’s Submission to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
October 2014
West Coast LEAF Releases 2014 CEDAW Report Card
October 2014
NDP Thinks Big with National Daycare Plan
October 2014
Photos from Victoria Stroller Brigade
July 2014
BC Child Care News
Updated: June 2014
Bill M212: Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act
May 2014
Living Wages in BC
April 2014
International Family Policy Comparisons: Why Canada lags behind
March 2014
Why investing in childcare makes good budget sense
Jessica Irvine, National Economics Editor, News Corp Australia/The Daily Telegraph
March 2, 2014
Reactions to BC Budget
February 2014
2014 Federal Budget
February 2014
Globe and Mail Series on Child Care – selected articles and excerpts
October 2013
Childcare red tape is keeping children safe
October 17, 2013
Hard on Families, Light on Crime: Some Thoughts on the Throne Speech
October 17, 2013
Is federal child care benefit good use of tax dollars?
October 15, 2013
Will Coordination Solve BC’s Child Care Crisis?
July 2013
Child care groups urge Premiers to develop a national child care strategy
Open letter from CCCF and CCAAC
July 2013
Analysis of BC Budget 2013
INCLUSION BC
June 2013
Concert to benefit CCCABC: Imagine a Just World
June 8, 2013, Vancouver
Let’s get BC’s children and youth on the political agenda!
First Call’s Election Toolkit
Provincial Election May 14, 2013
Canada ranked 17th out of 29 wealthy countries in child well being index by UNICEF
April 10, 2013
Private member’s motion on Child Care
March 30, 1993
It has been 20 years since NDP MP Dawn Black introduced and debated this private members motion on child care in the House of Commons.
Federal Budget 2013
March 21, 2013
Who’s Behind the BC Child Care Numbers?
BLOG: By Lynell Anderson
March 18, 2013
Alternative Federal Budget 2013 – Doing Better Together
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
March 11, 2013
BC Families Demand Affordable Public Childcare in Stroller Rally
BC Federation of Labour
March 9, 2013
International Women’s Day 2013: “It’s Time to Stand Up for Child Care”
Events – March 7 & 9, 2013
Remembering Clyde Hertzman
March 1, 2013
Getting the best start
Miho Taguma, Senior Analyst, Early Childhood and Schools Division, Directorate for Education and Skills
February 22, 2013
Hollow Promises – BC Liberals Ignore Demands of British Columbians for Affordable $10/day Child Care
CCCABC media release on the 2013 budget
February 20, 2013
United Nations Committee on Rights of the Child representative concludes four-day visit to Canada
Media release – CCCYA
December 7, 2012
A number is never just a number: In search of child care
Trish Hennessy’s Index, Rabble
December 3, 2012
Poverty Reduction Plan for British Columbia
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
November 28, 2012
New report from TD Bank: “The earlier you invest, the bigger the payout you get”
Boost child care spending for big payoff, bank urges
Matthew Pearson, Ottawa Citizen
November 26, 2012
BC Child Poverty Report Card
First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
Related: CBC interview with Margot Young, UBC law professor
November 21, 2012
Needed: An Action Plan to Eradicate Child and Family Poverty in Canada
National Campaign 2000 Report Card
November 21, 2012
Musings on the state of women’s equality in Canada: Based on a true forum
Amira Elghawaby, Rabble
November 13, 2012
Why day care should be subsidized
By David Domeij and Paul Klein, The Review of Economic Studies /Oxford University Press Blog
November 12, 2012
Federal News
October 2012
How BC is Measuring Up in Women’s Rights
CEDAW 2012 Report Card, Westcoast LEAF
October 2012
Commercial Child Care in Canada: Can Child Care Thrive in a Speculative Environment?
PACE Accounting Inc. / Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC
October 25, 2012
Income linked to kids’ health, school performance
CBC News
October 11, 2012
UBCM Resolutions adopted at the 2012 Annual Convention – BC Childcare Plan
Union of British Columbia Municipalities
September 2012
Universal Childcare in the City (and beyond)?
The City
September 26, 2012
Daycare Dilemma: A Special Series on Child Care in Vancouver
CBC
September 2012
Household finances: Should you stay at home or pay for child care?
Globe and Mail
August 7, 2012
From Rose-Coloured Glasses to Reality: Addressing the Family Policy Deficit in Canada
Lynell Anderson, Healthcare Quarterly, 15 (4) 2012: 18-25
July 2012
CBC BC Almanac interview – The PLAN (approximately half-way through the podcast)
July 2012
Affordable daycare proposal
CTV BC
July 2012
Videos: A Day Without Childcare / A day in the life of your taxes
Federal Budget – Canadians are invited to share their priorities for the 2013 federal budget
Online survey for individuals and groups re pre-budget consultation. Due by Aug 3.
House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
June 2012
Rita Chudnovsky blogs about child care: Sure I’m for child care but….
Vanopolis
June 2012
New BC welfare rules: some positive steps forward (and a couple steps back)
CCPA
June 2012
Expenditures on Children by Families, 2011 report / Press Release
Washington DC: USDA
June 14, 2012
Budget 2012 — What Does it Mean for Women’s Economic Equality?
Canadian Labour Congress
May 2012
Coalition hosts annual student advocacy forum
CCCABC
May 2012
Rights from the start: Early childhood education and care
Global Campaign for Education
May 2012
May is Childcare month – Five animations
BCGEU and Cowichan ECEBC Leadership Group
May 2012
UN food envoy blasts inequality, poverty in Canada
Toronto Star
May 16, 2012
Harper Majority results in Women’s rights setbacks
CUPE/The Canadian
May 9, 2012
New Democrat Claire Trevena tables motion to protect the rights of B.C. children
April 19, 2012
Canadians OK with higher taxes to fight inequality
Meagan Fitzpatrick, CBC News
April 10, 2012
Surrey Board Of Trade Wants a New Deal for Families, Focus on Generation Raising Young Children to Benefit Economy
April 4, 2012
Federal Budget 2012 – Reactions
March/April 2012
Best Places to Raise Kids 2012
MoneySense magazine
March 2012
At International Women’s Day event, Judy Rebick examines feminism in the age of Occupy
Jarrah Hodge, Vancouver Observer
March 3, 2012
The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
UNICEF
February 28, 2012
Reactions to BC Budget 2012
February 2012
Vancouver Event: Finding Balance? Policy Lessons from Quebec on Reconciling Work and Parenthood
BCFED, BCGEU, CCCABC, CCPA, SFU
February 20, 2012; 9:30 – 11:30am; Peter Kaye room, Vancouver Public Library – Central Branch
Open Letter To The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Finance Minister and The Honourable Tony Clement, President, Treasury Board
Re: Re-Profiling The Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) Fund
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada and Campaign 2000
February 6, 2012
National Advocates Take Message to the UN That Canada Must Do Better to Improve the Lives of Aboriginal Children
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C. Representative for Children and Youth, President of the Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates
February 2, 2012
BC dead last on inequality: BC Stats
Keith Reynolds, Policy Note – CCPA
January 30, 2012
Robin Hood reversed: Income-splitting benefits mainly wealthy breadwinners
Straight Goods; by Jody Dallaire, Dieppe Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunity between Women and Men
December 13, 2011
Work and family – Baby blues: A juggler’s guide to having it all
The Economist
November 26, 2011
Legislative Q & A on Poverty Reduction and Access to Child Care
BC Hansard
November 23, 2011
Canada Fails Indigenous Children Says Joint Report to United Nations Committee by Caring Society and KAIROS
October 24, 2011
Generation HOW?
Tanya Beja, Global News
October 14, 2011
Throne speech offers nothing but empty pockets
Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun
October 3, 2011
The rising cost of raising a child
Jessica Dickler, CNN Money
September 21, 2011
Gap between rich and poor rising faster in Canada than the U.S. study says
Financial Post / Postmedia News
September 13, 2011
Kevin Falcon and Christy Clark get some help from Ministry of Finance bean counters
Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight
September 11, 2011
Video Presentation of the Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning
CCCABC & ECEBC
July 2011
Child Care Advocacy – Sharon Gregson on CBC
CBC Radio – On the Coast
July 12, 2011
BCACL meeting with Minister of Education George Abbott
BC Association for Community Living
July 5, 2011
Child-care program pays for itself, Montreal economist says
Laurie Monsebraaten, The Waterloo Record
June 21, 2011
Average cost of raising a child in Canada
Daniela Minicucci, Global News
June 10, 2011
CLBC funding per-client chopped every year since its creation
Paul Willcocks
May 27, 2011
Finding affordable and good quality child care is a challenge for parents across Canada
Renata D’Aliesio, Globe and Mail
May 24, 2011
Public Schools No Home for Big Corporate Childcare
May 2011
American Law Enforcement Leaders Oppose Early Childhood Education Cuts
April 2011
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the International Women’s Day (IWD)
March 8, 2011
BC Speech from throne
February 14, 2011
Debate: Canada needs a national child-care policy
By Laurel Rothman, Katherine Scott and Martha Friendly; National Post
February 11, 2011
Five Years After Cancelling the National Child Care Program: High Cost, Little Choice for Parents
CCAAC, Campaign 2000, CRRU, CUPE, Ad-Hoc Coalition for Women’s Equality and Human Rights, Canadian Federation of University Women
February 4, 2011
BC Progress Board Tenth Annual Report
December 16, 2010
Home-based daycare workers in Quebec vote on their first contract including annual vacation days, a pension fund, and a professional development program
CBC News
November 26, 2010
Report of the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
November 12, 2010
1-day strike shuts Quebec home daycares: Workers hold demonstrations across province as contract negotiations continue
CBC
November 10, 2010
Letter re: UBC Childcare and the role of Kids & Company
UBC Graduate Student Society
October 13, 2010
BC CEDAW budget brief to Federal Finance Committee
September 27, 2010
BC Budget Consultation Submission
West Kootenay Early Years Initiatives: Success by 6; Children First; Early Learning & Care, Kootenay Boundary Community Services Co-operative; Presented by Lynn Proulx and Dorothy Kator
September 23, 2010
Correspondence between CUPE and Work Safe BC re: child care
CUPE BC
September 16, 2010
Letter to Mary Polak, Minister of Children and Family Development and Minister responsible for Child Care, sent on behalf of West Kootenay child care programs
September 15, 2010
OECD study of 32 industrialised nations, found that 22 per cent of a Canadian family’s net income goes towards the cost of childcare
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
August 2010
Correspondence between BCGEU and Work Safe BC re: child care
BCGEU
August 6, 2010
Census: the less we know, the less we know
Elsie Hambrook, chairwoman of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women; Telegraph Journal
July 9, 2010
Job action delays daycare start times
ctvmontreal.ca
July 5, 2010
LEAF 25th Anniversary Timeline – Following women’s struggles, successes and advancement in Canada
Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund
June 2010
Tell us why Canada needs child care!
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
May 2010
Child care group denounces federal funding cuts for social research
CCAAC adds its voice to denounce the recent de-funding of several Women’s organizations
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
May 6, 2010
War on public schools rages
Donald Gutstein, Georgia Straight
April 29, 2010
BC-wide poll shows strong support for increased spending on family policy
YWCA Vancouver
April 28, 2010
Ontario Passes Full-Day Learning Act
April 27, 2010
Parents, educators urged to keep the Pascal vision alive – Ontario
April 1, 2010
Private Members’ Motions – Government Action on Poverty Reduction
Official Report of Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 29, 2010
Child care spaces in Ontario will be protected despite the end of a federal subsidy
CTV news
March 25, 2010
Mending Canada’s Frayed Social Safety Net: The role of municipal governments
Federation Of Canadian Municipalities
March 24, 2010
International Women’s Day March and Rally
March 8, 2010
Grassroots Women
Assessment of women’s movement 40 years after Royal Commission the Status of Women
Judy Rebick, Rabble
March 6, 2010
Federal Budget and responses
March 4, 2010
BC Budget and responses
March 2, 2010
Canadian households sinking further into debt: Study
Julie Fortier, Financial Post/Vancouver Sun
February 16, 2010
From worst to first: A call for better child care
Rabble.ca
February 12, 2010
BC Throne Speech
February 9, 2010
YWCA Vancouver closing Citygate Early Learning and Care Centre
YWCA Vancouver
February 2, 2010
An anti-feminist prime minister is suddenly concerned with maternal health. What’s happening?
Judy Rebick, Rabble.ca
January 29, 2010
Increasing Canada’s Productivity Through Early Childhood Development
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
January 2010
Ontario: Full-day kindergarten about education
January 13, 2010
ctvtoronto.ca