This is a critical time for child care and early learning in Ontario, and we need to ensure that issues facing our sector are at the centre of candidate platforms and discussions.
» Continue reading “Municipal and School Board Election Materials”
March 4, 2010: Toronto – This federal budget doesn’t even remotely make a dent in Canada’s abysmal rate of child and family poverty.
» Continue reading “Media Release: Women and Children still last: No thank you, Mr. Flaherty!”
Kim Rudd was delcared the riding’s Liberal candidate in the next federal election. Congratulation! Almost 920 votes!
” Rudd has a special interest in child care as she co-founded a day care in Cobourg in 1985 and later became co-chair of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Ontario board member and chair of the Human Resources Committee of Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada.”
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October 4, 2007 – Toronto » Continue reading “Election 2007: Addressing the Crisis in Early Learning and Child Care”
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One of the issues that has received a startling lack of coverage in the election (besides child care!) is the issue of the referendum. Where is Elections Ontario?
We have ten days of advance voting – no one knows. We have a referendum to change the way our political leaders are election – few know. Here’s a newsflash – a pamphlet at everyone’s door is not enough. What about radio? If political parties can advertise on TV, why not Elections Ontario?
One of the key groups fighting to promote and raise awareness of the referendum is Equal Voice. You can visit their MMP website by clicking here.
From Equal Voice:
“The key to electing more women is the change the way nominations are conducted. We know from past elections that women, once nominated, are as likely to be elected as male candidates. Given a chance to do so, electors apparently are as happy to choose a woman as a man. But they don’t get that choice if women’s names are not on the ballot.
In the last Ontario election, some 25 per cent of candidates were women, which is a slight improvement on the recent norm in Canadian elections of about 22 per cent. The foolproof way to increase the number of women elected is to increase the numbers being nominated.
The way to do that, we believe, is by putting the spotlight on the gender balance of party candidate slates. Other countries, which use systems of proportional representation are much better at electing women (see our submission to the Ontario Citizens’ Assembly for a complete list).”
Even with a Provincial Election in full swing, there is plenty of talk of a Federal Election. » Continue reading “Federal Tories hint that promise of 125,000 new child-care spots may not be realistic”
Election story on how to really improve the lives of children. » Continue reading “How Can We Make Life Better for Children? A Feature Article from the Toronto Star.”
Congratulations to Kitchener-Waterloo for a debate solely focused on child care! » Continue reading “Kitchener Waterloo Child Care Action Network Hosts Debate on Child Care”
The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care hosted a debate on “Children’s Issues”. » Continue reading “250 People Fill High School Auditorium for Debate on Children”
After 33 years, the National Association of Women and the Law is closing because of changes to the funding rules by the Harper Government. » Continue reading “Even in the Middle of the Election, We Can’t Let the Loss of NAWL go by Without Comment”
