The Childcare Resource and Research Unit has responded with excitement and anticipation to the historic commitment to universal child care outlined in the 2021 federal budget. As an organization that has been working for a universal, publicly funded child care system for 40 years, we have called for transformative public policy to make high quality accessible, affordable and inclusive early learning and child care a reality. We believe that the budget commitments open the way to building – over the short, medium and long term— the universal child care system diverse families in communities across Canada want and need. In the coming days, months and years we will continue to work with community and government colleagues to ensure that this ambitious, essential social program is the best it can be.
This ISSUE fie compiles key documents, responses, media and events and will be updated as we continue to collect relevant resources.
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In this section you will find all 2021 budget documents
Budget 2021: A recovery plan for jobs, growth, and resilience [13]
Budget documents
$10 a day child care for Canadian families [20]
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, 21 April 2021
In this section, you will find responses from the child care community, community organizations, newspapers, opposition leaders and advocacy and policy organizations.
Federal budget highlights for OMSSA members [21]
Ontario Municipal Social Services Association, April 2021
Watershed moment for child care, long-term care: Budget 2021 [22]
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 19 April 2021
Federal budget plan for child care is the turning point [23]
Child Care Now, 19 April 2021
National child care roll-out will boost economy more than budget estimates [24]
Centre for Future Work, 19 April 2021
Ontario child care advocates call on Premier Doug Ford to cooperate with the federal government on child care [25]
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, 19 April 2021
Child care advocates call on Premier Doug Ford to cooperate with the federal government [26]
Business Wire, 19 April 2021
“If not now, when?” Liberals waste another shot at equitable recovery with Budget 2021 [27]
Canadian Union of Public Employees, 19 April 2021
Budget 2021 analysis: Does it deliver? [28]
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | The Monitor, 20 April 2021
Federal budget 2021: 7 actions to ensure Canada’s ‘child-care plan’ is about education [29]
The Conversation, 20 April 2021
Today’s BC budget has thrown cold water on the good childcare news we heard yesterday from the federal government. [30]
$10-a-Day, 20 April 2021
Editorial: Ottawa and provinces must get deals done to make national child care a reality [31]
Toronto Star, 21 April 2021
Editorial: Attempts to build national child care have failed for 50 years. Could this time be different? [32]
The Globe and Mail, 24 April 2021
Budget 2021: How the sector fared [33]
The Philanthropist, 23 April 2021
Child care a new priority to support farming sector [34]
Greenhouse Canada, 3 May 2021
Open letter: Recommendations for building an early learning and child care system in Nova Scotia [35]
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 25 June 2021
Open letter: Charitable, academic, and private sector leaders urge Ottawa limit child care funds to non-profit/public providers [36]
Early Child Development Funders Working Group, 29 June 2021
Ottawa promises billions for child care and long-term care, while EI reforms are on the way [37]
Toronto Star, 19 April 2021
Liberals promise $30 billion over five years to create national child care system [38]
CBC News, 19 April 2021
Canada to put up C$30 billion for long-awaited national childcare program [39]
Reuters, 19 April 2021
Federal budget delivers big promises on childcare, tamer housing measures [40]
Global News, 19 April 2021
Budget 2021: The Liberals' massive, historic, very costly bet on childcare [41]
Maclean’s, 19 April 2021
Freeland says Liberals open to provincial daycare demands, but draws line around fees. [42]
The Star, 20 April 2021
People were in tears’: Jubilation among child care advocates turns to focus on the work ahead [43]
The Star, 20 April 2021
National child care: How can we afford not to? [44]
The Globe and Mail, 20 April 2021
Ottawa promised $10-a-day child care in the federal budget. How would that work? A guide [45]
The Globe and Mail, 20 April 2021
Can the liberals really make $10-a-day child care happen? [46]
Refinery29, 20 April 2021
Feds’ plan for $10-a-day childcare by 2026 ‘huge’ for Canada, says advocate [47]
City News, 20 April 2021
Too good to be true — or too late? Here's what parents think of Ottawa's new child care plan [48]
CBC News, 23 April 2021
Speed of child-care plan up to provinces and territories: Freeland [49]
CTV News, 24 April 2021
Child care won't be a 'magic bullet' that sparks post-pandemic recovery: Freeland [50]
CBC News, 25 April 2021
Childcare at $10 a day would be a ‘game-changer’ for a young family’s finances [51]
The Globe and Mail, 25 April 2021
$10-a-day child care could change Canada's workforce [52]
National Observer, 22 April 2021
Quatre leçons à retenir du modèle québécois de services de garde [53]
Policy Options, 27 April 2021
$10 per day daycare is absolutely doable—the pandemic proved it [54]
Today’s Parent, 28 April 2021
Opinion: If the Liberals really wanted a successful federal daycare program, this one isn't it [55]
National Post, 29 April 2021
Stephen Harper won an election while arguing against a national child-care plan. Can Erin O’Toole do the same? [56]
Toronto Star, 30 April 2021
Ottawa’s squeeze play to get all provinces into its child-care plan [57]
The Globe and Mail, 3 May 2021
Opinion: Federal budget has only one thing on the childcare menu [58]
Calgary Herald, 1 May 2021
Opinion: Children's needs are universal and federal daycare plan can help meet them [59]
Leader Post, 5 May 2021
PEI
PEI: P.E.I.’s Early Childhood Development Association preparing for potential influx of money promised in the federal budget [60]
Saltwire Network, 12 May 2021
New Brunswick
NB: Child-care operator 'excited' about money in federal budget [61]
CBC News, 20 April 2021
NB: Accessible childcare in New Brunswick will depend on Higgs making use of federal funds [62]
NB Media Co-op, 28 April 2021
NB: We can’t afford child care as it stands [63]
The Toronto Star, 30 April 2021
Newfoundland and Labrador
NL: Affordable child care is great. But the real crunch in N.L. is spaces and staff, say workers [64]
CBC News, 21 April 2021
Quebec
QC: Educational childcare services: the FSSS-CSN asks the Legault government to invest federal money to save the network [65]
CISION, 22 April 2021
Ontario
ON: Distribute federal child-care funds with municipalities in mind: Waterloo regional councillor [66]
CBC News, 20 April 2021
ON: 'A huge commitment:' Sudbury advocate pleased with federal budget's child-care promises [67]
CBC News, 20 April 2021
Manitoba
MB: How the federal budget will help childcare in Manitoba [68]
CTV News, 24 April 2021
Saskatchewan
SK: Saskatchewan parents, advocates welcome potential $10-a-day childcare [69]
Global News, 20 April 2021
SK: NDP urges Sask. government to snap up Ottawa's childcare dollars [70]
Regina Leader Post, 20 April 2021
SK: [70]Opinion: Let's go back to our roots in supporting childcare [71]
Regina Leader Post, 10 May 2021
Alberta
AB: Kenney slams door on own fingers by dismissing federal child-care plan [72]
CBC News, 23 April 2021
AB: 'Nothing was available': Rural Albertans desperate for child care [73]
St. Albert Today, 23 April 2021
AB: Province wants to figure out affordable daycare for itself: Toews [74]
660 News, 21 April 2021
AB: Kenney government hastily cobbles together ‘working parents’ advisory panel’ to seek ways to undermine federal child care proposal [75]
Alberta Politics, 28 April 2021
AB: Opinion: National child care would boost Alberta's economy and support families [76]
Edmonton Journal, 1 May 2021
AB: What's at stake for Alberta as it awaits details on federal child-care plan [77]
CBC News, 4 May 2021
AB: Status quo in child care is no choice for families [78]
Edmonton Journal, 4 May 2021
British Columbia
BC: B.C. budget to expand $10-a-day child care, but misses the mark on ‘truly universal’ system [79]
Saanich News, 20 April 2021
BC: Federal cash could help speed up B.C.’s child-care plans, minister says [80]
The Toronto Star, 29 April 2021
Nunavut
NU: Living wage for child-care workers among top priorities, says NTI president [81]
Nunatsiaq News, 29 April 2021
Video: Watchers weigh in on Liberal child care plan [82]
CP24, 19 April 2021
Video: Child care advocates react to the budget promise of $27.2B over 5 years for child care [83]
CPAC, 19 April 2021
Video: Liberals’ big spending pandemic budget [84]
CBC National, 19 April 2021
Video: Alberta advocates celebrate federal childcare plan; UCP says more details needed [85]
Global News, 19 April 2021
Women need help: The need for daycare spaces and creativity in today's budget [86]
Metro Morning, 19 April 2021
Audio: Child care spending in the federal budget [87]
NewsTalk 610, 20 April 2021
Video: Freeland promises what no other Canadian government could do in 50 years [88]
Global News, 20 April 2021
Video: A path towards national child care?: Is child care key to Canada's economic recovery? [89]
The Agenda, 20 April 2021
Video: Alberta pumps brakes on national childcare program [90]
Global News, 20 April 2021Audio:
Audio: $10-a-day child care and a big-ticket budget [91]
Front Burner, 20 April 2021
Video: Edmonton early learning and child care advocates happy with Budget 2021 outcome [92]
CTV Morning Live - Edmonton, 20 April 2021
Video: Relief for families: Budget includes $30B over 5 years for national child care plan [93]
CTV News, 21 April 2021
Audio/ Video: Budget Panel: Bezanson, Nicholson, Stanford + the Political Panel: Byrne and Reid [94]
The Herle Burly Show, 21 April 2021
Audio: Universal child care: Is it for real this time? [95]
CBC Front Burner, 22 April 2021
Webinar recording: What's next for child care - After the federal budget [96]
Child Care Now, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, and the Canadian Child Care Federation, 23 April 2021
Video: Will Ottawa’s childcare plan actually help parents during the recovery? [97]
Global News, 24 April 2021
Audio: The future of child care in Canada: What to expect [98]
Policy Options, 28 April 2021
Audio: Alberta NDP calling for province to support proposed national child-care program [99]
KIX FM, 27 April 2021
Video: We need universal childcare now: Press conference [100]
Councillor Mike Layton YouTube, 6 May 2021
Webinar recording: What's next for child care - After the federal budget [96]
Child Care Now, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, and the Canadian Child Care Federation, 23 April 2021
Webinar slides: What's next for child care - After the federal budget [101]
Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 23 April 2021
BRIEFing NOTE: Early learning and child care in the 2021 federal budget [102]
Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 26 April 2021
Canada’s roadmap to affordable child care for all [103]
Child Care Now, 6 July 2021
What's next for child care - After the federal budget [104]
23 April 2021, 12:00 pm -1:00 pm
Join Child Care Now, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, and the Canadian Child Care Federation for a webinar on the implications of the federal 2021 budget on early learning and child care.
Watch webinar recording here [96]
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[14] https://www.budget.gc.ca/2021/home-accueil-en.html
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[35] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/06/open-letter-recommendations-building-early-learning-and
[36] http://Charitable, academic, and private sector leaders urge Ottawa limit child care funds to non-profit/public providers
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[38] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/04/liberals-promise-30b-over-5-years-create-national-child-care-system
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[67] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/04/huge-commitment-sudbury-advocate-pleased-federal-budgets-child-care
[68] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/04/how-federal-budget-will-help-childcare-manitoba
[69] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/04/saskatchewan-parents-advocates-welcome-potential-10-day-childcare
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[100] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/05/we-need-universal-childcare-now-press-conference
[101] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/04/what%E2%80%99s-next-child-care-after-federal-budget
[102] https://childcarecanada.org/publications/briefing-notes/21/04/early-learning-and-child-care-2021-federal-budget
[103] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/07/canada%E2%80%99s-roadmap-affordable-child-care-all
[104] https://childcarecanada.org/resources/events/21/04/whats-next-child-care-after-federal-budget