Women Moving Forward (WMF) is an innovative program that works to break the cycle of poverty. Since its launch in 2005, we have worked with 106 young mothers who are Ontario Works clients. Through working with the women to develop clear and realistic career plans, WMF supports them in their journey from welfare dependency to financial self-sufficiency.

They send a letter to Premier McGuinty, all provincial MPPs, Prime Misinter, local MPs, the Mayor and our local politicians about the current child care issues and impacts.

To view the letter, please click here

Parents, child care advocates, child care and child protection workers will be walking on Friday, March 5 to ask Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan to keep city day cares open and make child care and child protection a priority in his spring budget.

When: 12pm, Friday March 5
What: Walk & SPeeches
Where: Start- Corner McDougall st. & Chatham St E
Gathering: Parkette, Wyandotte E. & Glengarry ave. Across from Glengarry Child Care Centre, Windsor Ont

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Jane Mercer, the executive director of the Toronto Coalition for Better Childcare talks about current issues on child care rent agreement with Matt Galloway.

or click following link to listren the audio clip CBC Radio one: Metro morning show

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                       March 4, 2010

Women and children still last: No thank you, Mr. Flaherty!

Toronto – This federal budget doesn’t even remotely make a dent in Canada’s abysmal rate of child and family poverty.  The Throne Speech claims that “Canada is the best place in the world to raise a family.” Sorry, Mr. Prime Minister, Canada is nowhere near the podium! says Campaign 2000, the national coalition of over 120 partners working to end child and family poverty in Canada. There is no new support for our most vulnerable families – especially the 637,000 low income children and their mothers – who feel the double burden of job loss at the workplace and at home.

» Continue reading “Media Release: Women and Children still last: No thank you, Mr. Flaherty!”

Thousands of women will take to the streets on Saturday, March 6 for the annual International Women’s Day rally and march, demanding good jobs and pensions, an end to violence and exploitation and the protection of public services, all under the slogan: Fighting for us ALL…and Still We March.

Please click here for the media release
or click here for more information about the event

AECEO 60^th Annual Provincial Conference:

May 27-29^th, 2010 @ Hamilton Convention Centre

Please click here to download:
The Conference Brochure & Registration form

*Deadline for registration forms and payment is May 21, 2010. 

Please visit www.aeceo.ca for more information

March 2nd, 2010. For full article, please click here.

“Parents could see a $500-a-year fee hike per child if Toronto stops paying the rent at 373 school-based non-profit daycare facilities.

The proposal would save the city $3.2 million this year and next while hitting full fee-paying parents, who would see a minimum 5 per cent increase, the city’s budget committee was told Tuesday.

“For many families, especially those with two children in our care, they would be forced to make personal sacrifices or withdraw from child care altogether,” said Donna Spreitzer, director of the 140-space Jackman Community Day Care in Riverdale. “Please don’t pull the rug out from under child care,” Spreitzer said.”