It first presents a short historical overview of child care through 2015, then examines the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on child care and the introduction of a historic Canada-wide child care plan, both of which have come about since the previous version of ecec in canada was published three years ago. [...] laYinG the Foundations oF a Canada-Wide earlY learninG and Child Care sYsteM: the 2021 Federal budGet As the child care struggles experienced by parents were intensified during the pandemic, mothers were disproportionately affected as they struggled to balance employment and child care. [...] It set out the high-level details of the Trudeau government’s intention to build a Canada-wide child care system, building on recognition of the fragility of Canadian child care as exposed by the pandemic, 50 years of advocacy for universal child care, lessons from global and domestic (Quebec) ELCC developments, and the foundational steps taken under the Multilateral Framework prior to the child c. [...] Budget 2021 will lay out the plan to provide affordable, accessible, inclusive and high quality child care from coast to coast to coast.” The budget specified that the Government of Canada would spend $27.2 billion over the next five years to build a “Canada-wide, community-based system of quality child care”, representing the most significant federal financial and policy commitment to child care. [...] With regard to the child care workforce, the federal budget stated that “with provincial and territorial partners, the government will work to ensure that early childhood educators are at the heart of the system, by valuing their work and providing them with the training and development opportunities needed to support their growth and the growth of a quality system of child care”.
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