Selected submissions about ECEC and related issues:

• Campaign 2000 [2]
• Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada [2]
• Childcare Resource and Research Unit [2]
• Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC [2]
• YWCA Canada [2]

Excerpts from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance press release:

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance now has available, on its website, the pre-budget submissions from 421 Canadian groups and individuals who provided their input this summer. These submissions can be viewed at: Pre-Budget Consultations Briefs 2014. As noted in June, this input was requested as part of the Committee's annual pre-budget consultation process....

The Committee has agreed that the next phase of that process will involve hearings in the fall on the following topics:

• Balancing the federal budget to ensure fiscal sustainability and economic growth.
• Supporting families and helping vulnerable Canadians by focusing on health, education and training.
• Increasing the competitiveness of Canadian businesses through research, development, innovation and commercialization.
• Ensuring prosperous and secure communities, including through support for infrastructure.
• Improving Canada's taxation and regulatory regimes.
• Maximizing the number and types of jobs for Canadians.

The Committee is expected to table its report on these pre-budget consultations in the House of Commons in December 2014.