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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
October 13, 2011
CUPE endorses early care and learning plan
BURNABY—CUPE hopes to help shape B.C.’s future by endorsing a plan designed to help improve early care and learning in B.C. CUPE recently endorsed the “Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning”. The plan is a road map toward a comprehensive public early learning and care system in British Columbia and was created by the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) and the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC). The plan has already been endorsed ...