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"the expansion of private daycares was the biggest mistake that the Quebec government committed in the last 25 years" - former Quebec Families Minister Mathieu Lacombe

Happy New Year!

Cheers to another year of expanding not-for-profit child care!

#2026

Happy Holidays! B2C2 is grateful for your support this year. Wishing you a joyful and restful holiday season.

LUNCH 'n LEARN TOMORROW AT NOON

FINAL CHANCE TO REGISTER !

Join the Child Care Pay Equity Project for a webinar to release the new detailed report exploring the root causes of low wages in the early learning and child care sector in Ontario. The report examines pay equity law, why wages remain low in many places, and how pay equity can address this.

Child care services are an essential public infrastructure in Ontario. How can we work together to ensure that early learning and child care workers are fully valued and fully paid? Child-care services are a textbook example of a sex-segregated sector in which women’s work has been historically devalued. Child care wages are low not only because they work in a female-dominated field, but also because the care and nurturing they provide were once expected to be performed by women for little or no pay in the home or through charitable institutions.

PLEASE NOTE: You MUST be signed into your Zoom account in your browser in order to register or you will get an automatic message saying that you are not authorized.

Register here:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/3-R1JvhVSKatkmcxdkzR3Q #/registration

Presented by:

The Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario

Building Blocks for Child Care

The Ontario Equal Pay Coalition

The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care

FREE - Lunch n' Learn - Friday November 28 @ 12pm
Join the Child Care Pay Equity Project for a webinar to release the new detailed report exploring the root causes of low wages in the early learning and child care sector in Ontario. The report examines pay equity law, why wages remain low in many places, and how pay equity can address this.

Child care services are an essential public infrastructure in Ontario. How can we work together to ensure that early learning and child care workers are fully valued and fully paid? Child-care services are a textbook example of a sex-segregated sector in which women’s work has been historically devalued. Child care wages are low not only because they work in a female-dominated field, but also because the care and nurturing they provide were once expected to be performed by women for little or no pay in the home or through charitable institutions.

PLEASE NOTE: You MUST be signed into your Zoom account in order to register or you will get an automatic message saying that you are not authorized.

Register here:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/3-R1JvhVSKatkmcxdkzR3Q #/registration

Presented by:
Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO)
Building Blocks for Child Care
Equal Pay Coalition - Ontario
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC)

The recent Auditor General’s Report observed a shortfall in the funding necessary to implement the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program in Ontario. But, despite what Doug Ford has claimed, it’s not primarily a problem with the federal portion of CWELCC funding.

The Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) agreement provides $16.77 billion in federal funds between 2026 and 2031, but according to their own figures, Ontario’s own spending on child care has stagnated.

Read the details on our blog at: https://b2c2.ca/ontario-not-contributing-a-fair-share-in-10-a-day-child-care-program/

Today is not just a day for wearing orange shirts, it's also a day for reflection, learning, and for action.

Please read our most recent blog post, "Honouring Truth and Reconciliation: Indigenous Practices in Child Care"

https://b2c2.ca/honouring-truth-and-reconciliation-indigenous-practices-in-child-care/

According to the United Nations, "International Equal Pay Day, celebrated on 18 September, represents the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value...
Across all regions, women are paid less than men, with the gender pay gap estimated at around 20 per cent globally."

For more information visit:

https://www.un.org/en/observances/equal-pay-day

and

https://equalpaycoalition.org/

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