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Child Care Now
CUPE has joined with many partners in advocating for a publicly funded national childcare program that is community-based, high quality, affordable, accessible and accountable.
Currently, British Columbia has no publicly delivered child care; all child care centres are either private for-profit or private non-profit.
While there is no mandated role for the local/municipal level of government in regulated child care, several municipalities—the City of Vancouver in particular—have undertaken planning and funding roles.
We are working to ensure that all families in British Columbia have the access they need to public child care.
If you would like to join the campaign, contact the Child Care Coordinator.
Latest Story
November 25, 2009
Public child care pays off
VANCOUVER – Child care workers, parents, and activists were at the Vancouver Public Library last night to talk about how to improve child care, as part of a cross country tour organized by the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
A panel of academics, community activists and child care advocates brought facts and figures along with a lot of passion to the call for Canada’s governments to move to a publicly funded and delivered system of early childhood care and education.
The more than 70 participants ...