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Key Messages about Child Care Reviewing the messages below will help you familiarize yourself with the issue of child care and help you answer questions from others. Vision Statement Canada can have child care for all by 2030. A national child care plan will take a long-term, phased approach to building the solid universal child… Continue reading Toolkit: Key Messages about Child Care

Host a candidate visit to a child care centre A great next step after a candidate meeting at a constituency office is to invite the candidate to visit a local child care program. Or, if the candidate’s staff has been unable to schedule a meeting, try offering a program tour instead. This might be more… Continue reading Toolkit: Host a candidate visit to a child care centre

Candidate Meeting Report Form   Please use this online submission form to submit your report to Child Care Now   Form text below for your reference. Candidate’s Name:    _______________________________ Candidate’s Riding:   _______________________________ Candidate’s Party:      _______________________________ Names of child care advocates who attended the meeting, and their contact information. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Did the candidate allow you to take… Continue reading Toolkit: Candidate Meeting Report Form

Candidate Meeting Checklist Before the meeting o  Review the “Speaking points: What to say in your candidate meeting” and the “Affordable Child Care for All Plan” in this kit. o  Add notes about the specific situation in the candidate’s province/ territory. For instance, you can use the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)  parent fee… Continue reading Toolkit: Candidate Meeting Checklist

All-candidates’ meetings – questions on child care One of the best ways to make sure child care is addressed at an all-candidate’s meeting is to ask candidates a question.  Here’s an example.   Preamble (if there is time for one, make these points): Numerous studies have established that making affordable, high-quality early learning and child… Continue reading Toolkit: All-candidates’ meetings – questions on child care

Speaking Points: What to say in your candidate meeting Introduction Introduce yourselves: say what you do and where you are from Thank the candidate for meeting with you Confirm how long you have for the meeting Say that you are here as part of a coalition of parents, educators and organizations concerned about the child… Continue reading Toolkit: Speaking Points and Letters – What to say to your candidate

Meet with 2019 Election Candidates Meeting with candidates is an effective way of making child care an election issue.  By meeting with candidates, you can show that child care is a voters’ issue. If candidates across the country are being asked about child care, the central offices of political parties will soon hear about it.… Continue reading Toolkit: Meet with 2019 Election Candidates