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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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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.

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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…

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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

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Stephen Harper's TV ads urging Canadians to vote "only Pierre" to bring back the good ol' times under a Harper/Poilievre govt reminded me of this excellent analysis. Lest we (women) forget bit.ly/4iqBP93 #cdnchildcare

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Yeah - such Godzilla-like mindless destruction of our public resources. Why do "the people of Ontario" need resources like Ontario Place, Science Centre, Greenbelt - let 'em eat cake, eh, fordnation?

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With the federal election behind us, it’s an important time to push Ontario to finally get a #10aDayChildCare agreement signed. Join our next parent organizing meeting on May 14 at 8pm to talk about next steps. RSVP here: childcareontario.org/parent_meeting…

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My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so I’m posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal). When he was Canada’s ambassador to the UN from 1984-88, Dad was truly shocked by the

My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so I’m posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal).

When he was Canada’s ambassador to the UN from 1984-88, Dad was truly shocked by the
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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

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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

<a href="/MornaBallantyne/">Morna Ballantyne</a>, Executive Director of <a href="/Child_Care_Now/">Child Care Now</a>, congratulated the <a href="/nsgov/">Nova Scotia Gov.</a> on its commitment to expand the supply of not-for-profit early learning and child care programs. 

#cdnchildcare #nsed #nslab #ECE  #CBU #CBRM <a href="/ChildCareNowNS/">Child Care Now (Nova Scotia)</a> <a href="/_MFriendly/">MarthaFriendly</a> 

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