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31-Mar-06


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WHAT'S NEW
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 >>  Investing in children is an investment in our future
Report from the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association and the
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care details "the importance of
upholding the Federal-Provincial Early Learning and Child Care Agreement."
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86211

 >> A wide-ranging coalition is demanding that the funding agreements on
child care and family services be maintained
Press release from the newly formed Coalition for the Consolidation for
Child Care and Family Services.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86217

 >> The association of early childhood care and education to children's
experiences in Kindergarten
Report from the Human Early Learning Partnership (UBC) examines the link
between different forms ELCC and outcomes two years later when children
are in kindergarten.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86210

 >> Global guidelines for early childhood education and care in the 21st
century
Guidelines and self-assessment tool from the Association of Childhood
Education International enables self-evaluation of program quality.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86209

 >> Standing up for which families? Who benefits from the Conservative
tax cuts promises
Report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds that
"high-income families will receive a disproportionate share of the
benefits from the Conservatives' tax-cut promises."
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86208

 >> Province dissatisfied with Ottawa's commitment to early learning and
child care
Press release from the Government of Saskatchewan announces "a motion to
support the made-in-Saskatchewan early learning and child care system."
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86206

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CHILD CARE IN THE NEWS
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 >> Growth spurs decline in poverty [CA]
by Scoffield, Heather / Globe and Mail, 31 Mar 06
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86218

 >> Social activists put pressure on Tories [CA]
by Ward, John / Canadian Press, 30 Mar 06
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86198

 >> Crisis looms in child care [CA-ON]
by Monsebraaten, Laurie / Toronto Star, 30 Mar 06
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86199

 >> Premier too quiet on child-care deal: critics [CA-NL]
CBC News- Newfoundland, 30 Mar 06
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86202

 >> Special-needs kids' child care at risk [CA]
by Macaluso, Grace / Windsor Star, 30 Mar 06
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86204

 >> Last chance for day care: Editorial [CA-ON]
Sudbury Star, 30 Mar 06
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86205

 >> We must insist on quality child care [CA]
by Bennett, Carolyn (MP) / Toronto Star, 28 Mar 06
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86197

 >> Canadians opted for child care choice [CA]
by Finley, Diane (Minister of Human Resources and Social Development)
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86200

 >> PM's child care boondoggle: Letter to the Editor  [CA]
Hamilton Spectator, 28 Mar 06
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86203

 >> A push for one-stop childhood services [CA-ON]
by Monsebraaten, Laurie / Toronto Star, 25 Mar 06
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=86201


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