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NEW POSTINGS AVAILABLE ON THE
CHILDCARE RESOURCE AND RESEARCH UNIT’S
WEBSITE
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25-Nov-05

All postings available on CRRU’s homepage
http://www.childcarecanada.org/

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WHAT’S NEW
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 >> Decision time for Canada: Let’s make poverty history
Annual Report Card from Campaign 2000 finds that there are 1.2 million
children living in poverty in Canada; recommends a universal ELCC system
as one “benchmark for success” in fight against poverty.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83196

 >> Moving forward on early learning and child care:
Agreement-in-principle between the government of Canada and the
government of New Brunswick
Bilateral agreement between the federal government and NB secures
federal funding for “provincially regulated early learning and care
programs and services, including public and private providers.”
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83241

 >> Moving forward on early learning and child care:
Agreement-in-principle between the government of Canada and the
government of Prince Edward Island
The federal government and PEI announce a bilateral agreement to
“support the development of regulated early learning and child care in
both private and non-profit settings.”
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83240

 >> What participants value: Practices and outcomes at family resource
programs
by Susan Silver, Rachel Berman & Susan Wilson
Report from the FRP Participants’ Voices project at Ryerson University
presents "an evaluation tool for FRPs, as well as a theoretical overview
of the themes on which the tool is based."
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83238

 >> A place to go: Stories from participants of family resource programs
by Susan Silver, Rachel Berman & Susan Wilson
Report from the FRP Participants’ Voices project at Ryerson University
provides the perspectives of families who use FRP services, garnered
from over 200 interviews.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83237

 >> Governments of Canada and Manitoba sign funding agreement on early
learning and child care
Following on April’s bilateral agreement, press release from Social
Development Canada announces the final funding deal that will see $174.4
million over five years go to ELCC in Manitoba.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83239

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CHILD CARE IN THE NEWS
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 >> Legislation would destroy $7-a-day daycare [CA-QC]
Montreal Gazette, 25 Nov 05
A civil war is ripping through Quebec's daycare system. Bill 124,
presented by Family Minister Carole Theberge, is the battleground
between two schools of thinking on how daycare should be organized in
Quebec.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83230

 >> Dryden achieves 10 child care agreements [CA]
Globe and Mail, 25 Nov 05
Social Development Minister Ken Dryden achieved his goal of obtaining
early learning and child care deals with all 10 provinces as his Liberal
government counts down its final days in office. Meanwhile, in Quebec,
the Parti Québécois said yesterday the provincial Liberal government was
bowing to lobby groups that want to bring in American-style daycare
centre chains to the province.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83229

 >> Aboriginal, immigrant kids suffer in poverty [CA]
CTV News, 24 Nov 05
Child poverty rates for aboriginal, immigrant, and visible minority
children are twice the national rate, according to an annual Report Card
on Child Poverty in Canada.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83232

 >> Secret Tory leaflet pledged middle-income tax cut [CA]
Globe and Mail, 24 Nov 05
A Conservative government would cut income taxes for middle-income
Canadians, and provide daycare money directly to parents under plans
included in the party's confidential spring campaign brochure.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83236

 >> Child care reforms look promising: Changes should improve access to
higher-quality, affordable, regulated care [CA-AB]
Edmonton Journal, 23 Nov 05
This year, there is reason to be cautiously optimistic that Alberta
families needing child care will finally have better access to
higher-quality, more affordable programs. But while the plan offers hope
that more parents will finally have access to programs they can both
afford and trust, a closer look reveals that it also creates pitfalls.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=83228

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