The Trudeau government is crushing private-sector childcare in Ontario
Although not banned by federal restrictions, private operators cannot properly compete in a sector now awash in public funds without equal access to funding.
School food advocates still waiting on promised funding for $1B National School Food Program
Coalition for Healthy School Food’s Debbie Field now hopes ‘one or two’ provincial school food agreements will be signed before winter after missing the fall semester rollout goal.
School food advocates celebrate as Liberals serve up long-awaited $1B for national program
While still light on specifics or agreements with the provinces and territories, Coalition for Healthy School Food co-ordinator Debbie Field says ‘the most important thing is they’re making the whole commitment.’
Frustration grows as federal report reveals broad support for school food program, but no funding timeline
‘If the federal government wanted to do one thing quickly to address the key issue facing Canadians, which is the affordability of food, they will act on this,’ says the Coalition for Healthy School Food’s Debbie Field.
‘We need the entire bouquet’: child care bill debate zeroes in on role of for-profit providers
The Conservatives say excluding for-profit providers will make it impossible to grow the system to meet demand, while the NDP says it fought to include the provision prioritizing public and not-for-profit providers.
Significant policy shifts have been made, but government still leaving surrogacy families behind
It is time the government and all Parliamentarians look to include a 15-week benefit for parents via surrogacy in this much-needed EI modernization. Because it’s 2022.
