Friday March 19: Children’s March from City Hall to Queen’s Park and a press conference with parents about the crisis in child care,  click here for more information and press advisory

Winnipeg Free Press (Canadian Press):  Dozens of kids, parents rally at Ontario legislature to stop cuts to daycare

CTV News: Ontario parents rally for more child-care funding

Toronto Sun: Parents plead for day care funding

Click here to watch CTV News video: Paul Bliss on Child care rally

Click here to listren CBC Radio One: Child care rally at Queen’s Park

Daycares across Toronto could close — forcing working parents out of jobs and into their homes — unless Premier Dalton McGuinty’s cash-strapped government replaces a $63.5-million federal funding cut.

“Premier McGuinty, the ball is in your court,” said Andrea Claver, of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care.

Without a restoration of the money, “we will see a catastrophic collapse” in the childcare system, Calver said.

The $63.5 million is the last installment of a childcare program started up by the federal government under former prime minister Paul Martin.

When the Conservatives were elected in 2006, one of their first moves was to cancel the program when its budgeted funding ran out, which will happen this year,

The money supports 7,600 daycare spaces in Toronto, Calver said.

» Continue reading “Toronto Sun: Parents plead for day care funding”

A group of parents are pushing strollers and towing toddlers to Queen’s Park to protest provincial government plans to end subsidies to child-care centres across the province.

Andrea Calver, of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, said dozens of children and their parents delivered giant beach balls to Premier Dalton McGuinty, their way of telling him that “the ball is in his court” when it comes to child care.

“If there isn’t $63.5 million in next week’s budget, we will see a catastrophic collapse of child care,” she told reporters Friday. “We’ll see vacant spaces, higher fees and the closure of some centres. That is the end result of a lack of funding in next week’s budget.”

The parents planned the rally to bolster their demands that the provincial Liberals maintain child-care funding in the coming budget, set for March 25.

In 2006, the McGuinty government took a one-time federal payment for child care and spread it over four years with $63.5 million in funding going to child-care services.

That money runs out this year and without it, the protesters say that Ontario’s entire child-care system could collapse.

» Continue reading “CTV News: Ontario parents rally for more child-care funding”

(March 19, 2010 – TORONTO) Children and parents who rely on quality child care programs were at  Queen’s Park today to call on the Premier not to cut child care investments in the up-coming provincial budget. At stake is $63.5 million for 7600 subsidies that help families access affordable child care in Ontario. » Continue reading “Press Release: “Premier the ball is in your court” Parents tell McGuinty not to cut child care”

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

» Continue reading “Media Advisory-Ontario Budget: Windsor Walk to Tell Duncan “Invest in Kids!””

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

OFL International Women’s Day Statement 2010

Toronto International Women’s Day Media Release (with a mention of child care!), please click here.

This year, International Women’s Day in Toronto will be held Saturday, March 6, 2010.

This year’s theme is:
Fighting for us ALL! Defend Public Services! Demand Good Jobs, Good Pensions! End Violence & Exploitation!
…And Still We March

» Continue reading “International Women’s Day Toronto March 6, 2010″

What’s New:
Friday, March 5, 12:00 noon:
“March for Windsor’s Kids”, click here for event flyer

Wednesday, February 10th at 7:00 p.m.
Public Meeting: The Campaign To Keep Our City Centres Isn’t Over
All Saints Church, 330 City Hall Square West
For more information call the Stop The Cuts Hotline at 519-965-2634
To see the flyer, click here.

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010:
Windsor City Council to close all municipal child care centres by September 1
On Monday night, Windsor City council voted 5-3 to close 7 city-operated child care centres and 2 satellite sites by September 1, 2010. City council ignored a unanimous deferral request of one month from county council.
» Continue reading “Have a Heart: Save Windsor’s Child Care Centres!”

Come and Join Us !
November 8th, 2pm – 4pm @ Riverdale Collegiate

” Every child deserves decent, affordable early learning and care!! ”

The “Jump Up for Public Child Care” concert is a project of CUPE Ontario, the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Ontario Federation of Labour. This free concert is family friendly and non-partisan.

To find more information about this event, please click here