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Canadian PM Unveils National Child Care Plan
June 22, 2004
"Life must go
on; I forget just why." - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Canadian PM Unveils National
Child Care Plan
Prime Minister Paul Martin, locked in a tight electoral contest, announced a
"signature" $5 billion, five year spending commitment to kickstart
a national affordable child care program inspired by the $7 a day child-care
system pioneered in Quebec. According to the platform of Martin's Liberal
Party, this plan, dubbed "Foundations: A National Early Learning
and Child Care Program," will be based on four key principles:
Quality: Each facility must be regulated by the province
or territory to ensure safety and an appropriate complement of professionally-qualified
child development staff.
Universality: The program will be open, without discrimination,
to pre-school children, including children with special needs.
Accessibility: Thre program will be affordable for parents.
Developmental: The program must include a component of development/learning
that is integrated with the care component.
To read this entire platform discussion on Foundations, go to http://www.liberal.ca/platform_e_3.aspx
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