Child Care Now (Ottawa)

Parents and ECEs fighting for universal public childcare in Ottawa To join Ottawa's childcare struggle, visit:

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

This #Ottawa election, let's keep childcare on the table!

Join our Town Hall this Thu, Oct 6 at 7:30pm to hear candidate plans for our system - https://t.co/VfSnN9aSjj

Tell your candidates to pledge for a good ELCC system if they haven't yet. Check at https://t.co/5Dn3Rv6nfV

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

We’re working with councillors to make sure we’re also rapidly expanding municipal child care - the City is in a better position than ever to deliver equity and quality to families, and good jobs for child care staff

Get in touch so we can put you in touch with your councillor!

[Morna Ballantyne @MornaBallantyne]

Uplifting news. Ontario’s Russell Township is raising salaries of directly employed child care staff by 20% and expanding direct provision of licensed child care by the municipality and more..Well done!!!

[CUPE 2484 @CUPE2484]

What’s still missing from the Canada-Wide Early Learning & Child Care agreement?
- Decent wages
- Benefits and pensions
- Paid sick days
- Professional development time
- Paid programming time

On this national day of action, 2484 says child care is #WorthMore !

[CCPA— on Bluesky @policyalternatives.ca @ccpa]

👏👏👏Shout out to @Child_Care_Now for relentlessly promoting a vision for quality affordable child care in Canada. Thank you for all the work that you do! #dotsforspots

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

Meanwhile, Ontario’s child care sector is currently hemorrhaging workers who refuse to keep working themselves ragged for poverty wages

@Sflecce where are we going to find 65,000 people to work in a system that doesn’t respect them?

#worthmore

[Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care @ChildCareON]

"Childcare advocates are calling on the Ford government to get serious about a child care workforce strategy & salary scale as new estimates show that thousands of new staff will be needed to meet demand for $10-a-day child care."
https://t.co/rSnps7sPwg #WorthMore #DotsForSpots

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

Things were popping despite the pouring rain!

#Ottawa child care workers out today demanding a real work force strategy from @fordnation and @JustinTrudeau

Let's make child care a sector people can afford to work in. Good Jobs for Care Workers!

#dotsforspots #WorthMore

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

Was so great rallying for a child care workforce strategy today at GPDC!

ECEs explained being forced out of their careers by their conditions, and how serious funding commitments are necessary if we have any hope of universal child care

#dotsforspots #worthmore

[Morna Ballantyne @MornaBallantyne]

Across Canada we are saying more ⁦@Child_Care_Now⁩ and that means better pay for staff and early childhood educators so that children have the highest quality programs and parents can get better access #dotsforspots

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

Imagine if your kid's school relied entirely on wildly overworked and underpaid workers - what kind of education would that be?

See you tomorrow at 9am at Glebe Parents' Day Care for the Day of Action for the Child Care Workforce

Register: https://t.co/5Dn3Rvowu3

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

Let's not build the first national child care system in Canada on the exploitation of child care workers (who are overwhelmingly working class women)

See you tomorrow at 9am at Glebe Parents' Day Care for the Day of Action - govts must act now

Register: https://t.co/5Dn3Rvowu3

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

There will never be universal child care in Canada if we can't figure out how to keep educators in the sector.

Underpaid and disrespected workers don't stick around.

See you tomorrow at 9am at Glebe Parents' Day Care for the Day of Action

Register: https://t.co/5Dn3Rvowu3

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

Yup. Any “stats” coming out of the Minister’s office or his media mouthpieces should be immediately sent to the trash heap, esp after the last month of particularly brazen nonsense

Post-truth clownery has no place on such a critical file #firelecce

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

All together now:

Full. Day. Kindergarten.

Then go back and check the Financial Accountability Office reports to brush up on Ford/Lecce's education shell game. It's all lies.

#onpoli #onted.

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

@Sflecce @fordnation Steve flexing his infamous research skills

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

Fash trash hatemongers vastly outnumbered, good work Ottawa Valley

[Dylan Dyson @DylanDyson]

An anti-trans protest and counter protest is happening in #Renfrew outside St. Joseph's Catholic High School. Anti-mandate protesters joining anti-trans group as well. Pride groups from across the valley here. OPP on site. @ctvottawa

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

@dominoe66347186 @GrendallT1 @dominoe66347186 you poor little mark, sorry the culture war grifters got you so bad. See you on the streets

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

If you’re around Ottawa tomorrow, try and make it to Renfrew to help break up an ultra-transphobic rally organized by Freedom Fighters Canada via a local high school. DM us for the form

The far right has gotten away with trans-baiting for way too long. More details below

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

This is the disgusting event that queer and trans community members are heading out to stand against - solidarity was called for by PFLAG and Renfrew Pride#

If you’re looking for one way to process Colorado Springs, come confront your local hatemongers in the streets

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

@TheThanigasalam @Sflecce What’s it like having to cover for this man’s shortcomings. You must be exhausted

[Child Care Now (Ottawa) @OttawaCCN]

Nov 30 - Day of Action on the Child Care Workforce

We don't have a system if we can't keep educators (by giving them jobs worth staying in)

See you at 10 5th Ave at 9am - make sure to sign up to poster ur hood/program next week at https://t.co/5Dn3RvnYEv , and wear polka dots!

[Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care @ChildCareON]

To improve child care access for families we need to solve the child care workforce crisis with fair pay. Join us for a Canada-Wide Day of Action for ELCC on November 30th. Child care now: Better pay, better quality, better access. https://t.co/IQPXdzpMCZ #WorthMore

[Child Care Now @Child_Care_Now]

Have you signed up for our “What’s Next for the Early Learning and Child Care Workforce?” webinar yet? Come and hear about how the workforce crisis can be solved this Tuesday at 7:00pm EST. Register now ⬇️

https://t.co/NBZXdmTJkV

[Mathieu Fleury @MathieuFleury]

Good news to all families with children in daycare: 94% of child care providers in Ottawa have now opted to the new Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system

What does this mean for families?

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