The provincial election is off and running, and once again families and communities know that childcare should be a high priority for every candidate in every riding. After eight years of failed policies, ad hoc decisions, and inadequate funding, B.C. childcare is in a crisis. Just ask any young family about their struggle to find [...]
Entries Tagged as 'children'
BC's child care crisis IS an election issue
April 30th, 2009 · Rita Chudnovsky · 1 Comment · BC Election 2009, Children & youth, Economy
My “Universal Child Care Benefit” has evaporated to a parallel universe
March 9th, 2009 · Seth Klein · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Children & youth, Provincial budget & finance
I just got a letter from my daughter’s daycare that her monthly fees are going up again next month. They will now be $700. When she started at the daycare two and a half years ago, they were $600. So much for the Harper government’s much touted $100 per month child care benefit. Recall that [...]
IWD commitments on my wish list
March 5th, 2009 · Adrienne Montani · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Children & youth, Employment & labour, Poverty, inequality & welfare, Women
With International Women’s Day on the horizon this weekend, I’m looking for some commitments. Women are over-represented in low-wage work. So which party in the upcoming election will commit to an investment in BC’s social capital through a living wage policy for the public sector, including public contractors? Stimulating the local economy and adding to [...]
Tags: childcare·children·living wage·Women
Children’s mental health: Are we paying attention?
February 11th, 2009 · Adrienne Montani · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Children & youth, Education, Health care, Poverty, inequality & welfare
According to the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD), 15% or about 1 in 7 children in BC suffer from a mental health problem serious enough to cause significant distress and impair their development and functioning. In children, mental illness supersedes all other health problems in terms of the numbers affected and the degreee of impairment. Think about [...]
