June 29, 2021 Download the letter: English French The Federal Budget 2021 provides $30 Billion over 5 years for the building of a “Canada-wide, community-based system of quality child care.” It compares a quality child care system to public schools: “Just as public school provides children with quality education in...

Early Childhood Development Funders Working Gruop | May 5, 2021 Our organization is a member of the Early Child Development Funders Working Group. Committed to ensuring high quality, accessible early learning and child care is available for all children across Canada, the Funders Working Group wanted to respond to the...

“I was incredibly pleased to see the commitment to Canada’s children from this government in Budget 2021. I am convinced this is both a unique and once-in-a-generation opportunity to make a real and measurable difference in the lives of Canadian families. Increased funding for Canada-wide early learning and child care...

The Prosperity Project, April 12, 2021 News Release: A diverse group of Canada’s leaders are saying the time has come to view the absence of early childhood education and care as a Canada-wide emergency and are asking the federal government to get on with the business of fixing it.In an...

The Chronicle Herald, February 12, 2021 Excerpt: "If all families were able to put their children into early education programs at the same rate as affluent families enrol their young, the participation rate countrywide would rise by more than 30 per cent. Canadian research estimates that adult earnings boosted by...