
MarthaFriendly
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Child care policy researcher. Activist. Feminist. Grandmother. Working with many others to build a Canada-wide quality child care system.
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http://www.childcarecanada.org 13-04-2015 19:13:05
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You're right, Sarbjit Kaur, and that means a real national #cdnchildcare program - like the $10-a-day program we're trying to build!

What the Cons did was to cancel the previous attempt to build a #cdnchildcare program (in 2006) before it got off the ground. We've been working on this one for several years, and will continue rolling it out. We're not going to go backward, Dimitri Soudas (Not). Tell your friends.

This PP commitment: “A Conservative govt would put an end to imposition of woke ideology ...in allocation of federal funds for university research" is this not exactly what Donald Trump is doing? Now destroying US universities - eh? #cdnpoli #elxn2025 : montrealgazette.com/news/canada/ca…

This also goes for bringing back Harper #cdnchildcare policies. Be careful - would mean parents could lose $10-a-day fees and building the universal system we've begun Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care Child Care Now Canadian Child Care Federation


In this election, we’re voting for #10aDayChildCare! Lower fees have made life more affordable for many families. And, it’s not just good for families—it’s good for the economy too. Send a message to party leaders & local candidates: childcareontario.org/election_2025 #Elxn2025 #CdnPoli



Another way to put what Susan Riley is saying is "an I can't stan em" bit.ly/4lvAJeV #cdnpoli


Must-read by Gord Cleveland: How will the outcome of #Elxn2025 affect $10-a-day child care? bit.ly/42kEtbM #cdnchildcare Child Care Now $10aDay Child Care Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care Canadian Child Care Federation



Great relevant headline in Mother Jones : "Florida man loses Canadian election"



This The Fraser Institute bumph sho puts me in mind of a book i used years ago as an undergraduate "How to lie with statistics" bit.ly/3Go1Vwv. It was about how advertising works to convince, not inform #cdnchildcare

Morna Ballantyne, Executive Director of Child Care Now, congratulated the Nova Scotia Gov. on its commitment to expand the supply of not-for-profit early learning and child care programs. #cdnchildcare #nsed #nslab #ECE #CBU #CBRM Child Care Now (Nova Scotia) MarthaFriendly childcarenovascotia.ca/creating-spaces


