NEW POSTINGS AVAILABLE ON THE
CHILDCARE RESOURCE AND RESEARCH UNIT’S WEBSITE
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9-Sep-05

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


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WHAT’S NEW
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 >> The non-profit advantage: Producing quality in thick and thin child
care markets
by Cleveland, Gordon & Krashinsky, Michael
Report from the University of Toronto finds that non-profit child care
centres
are higher quality than for-profits in situations where there is high
demand.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=81454

 >> Women and poverty
Fact sheet from the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of
Women
highlights lack of child care as a contributor to women’s poverty; calls on
government to fulfill child care promise.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=81453

 >> In for the long haul: Women’s organizations in Manitoba
by Grace, Joan
Report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is the first report
in a
study of women’s organizing and activism in Manitoba -- their ideas,
political
action strategies and impact.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=81452

 >> Forging social futures: Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference
proceedings
Full proceedings, daily highlights and links to papers from the Canadian
Council
on Social Development’s national conference on social policy.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=81451


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CHILD CARE IN THE NEWS
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 >> Martin to pledge $633 million for child care, learning in B.C. [CA-BC]
Vancouver Sun, Sept. 7, 2005
A $633 million, five-year funding agreement with the B.C. government for
early
learning and child care programs will be announced Sept. 30 by Prime
Minister
Paul Martin.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=81444

 >> Workers face premium hikes to finance Quebec's parental leave system
[CA-QC]
Canadian Press, Sept. 9, 2005
Quebec workers will pay more to finance the province's generous parental
leave
system, Premier Jean Charest's Liberal government has confirmed.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=81450

 >> Daycare strike called off [CA-QC]
Montreal Gazette, Sept. 1, 2005
Quebec's unionized child care workers voted yesterday to give talks with
the
provincial government one last chance. Workers have voted to set aside
negotiations for a pay increase to focus solely on pay equity.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=81449

 >> City workers demand 24-hour daycare [CA-QC]
Montreal Gazette, Sept. 9, 2005
City employees in Montreal, fed up with the struggle to find care for their
children during night and weekend shifts, presented a 5,000-signature
petition
to City Council demanding a 24-hour daycare service.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=81442

 >> Lifting profit simple as ABC [AU]
Brisbane Courier-Mail, Aug. 30, 2005
Australian child care chain ABC Learning Centres has bumped up its 2006
profit
forecast by $10 million on the expectation of further expansion from its
merger
with two rival child care companies.
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=81443




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