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Advocacy Assignment Eman Kashif Sheridan College EDUC 22629: Professional Ethics and Advocacy in ECE Sharon Singh Thursday April 14 th , 2022
Section 1 In the webinar titled, “Federal Budget 2021and the Impact on the Canadian Child Care Sector” three people who work for various organizations in early learning spoke on the new federal budget announced for early learning and childcare. They broke down the budget and spoke about how much money will be used over the next five years. They mentioned what aspects of childcare the money would be allocated to, and they also spoke about areas of the budget that were vague. Finally, they opened the chatroom for any questions the attendees had. Section 2 The first speaker is a woman named Martha Friendly. She is the Executive Director of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CCCF, 2021). Martha spoke about the 2021 Federal Budget and brought forward the important points of the budget. Martha stated that the budget is “not a policy document” so there usually is not a lot of details in these types of documents (CCCF, 2021). Additionally, she mentioned how the language of the budget sends “signals” that reveals the intent (CCCF, 2021). Martha states that this budget is a transformative project, and that the government’s goal is to ensure that all families across the country receive quality childcare (CCCF, 2021). She then went on to discuss the “new money,” which is thirty billion dollars distributed over the next 5 years. Martha said that this is the biggest monetary increase seen this year, and that this type of money has never been seen before on a federal level (CCCF, 2021). In 2025 or 2026, the federal funding will reach 9.2 billion dollars per year, and will be ongoing through the years (CCCF, 2021). The intent is to build a system and shift to “supply- side funding” (CCCF, 2021). Martha also included a quote from Prime Minister Trudeau that stated, “Provinces that agree to step up…will move forward on agreements… but [if not], won’t be getting the resources to move forward on childcare” (CCCF, 2021). What the Prime Minister
means is that each province and territory has the opportunity to sign on, but if they refuse they will not be receiving the resources from the federal government (CCCF, 2021). Martha then went on to state the two main goals the federal government has to make early learning in childcare affordable. The first goal is to have a “50% reduction in average fees for all regulated ELCC everywhere outside of Quebec” by the end of 2022” (CCCF, 2021). The second goal is to have an “average of ten dollars for all regulated childcare spaces” by 2025/2026 (CCCF, 2021). The budget also briefly mentioned the workforce and talked about how early childhood educators are not paid enough. Martha then went on to talk about the vague areas of the budget, such as the ongoing annual growth in quality, more affordable childcare spaces across the country, the commitment to “meaningful progress” for before-and-after school care, as well as the establishment of a federal secretariat on Early Learning Childcare. Section 3 The second speaker was a woman named Morna Valentine. She is the Executive Director of Childcare Now, an organization founded in 1982. Morna elaborated more on the “new money” that Martha was speaking about earlier, as well as the negotiations that will be taking place. Morna stated that the new money will be addressed through negotiations through the federal government and each individual province and territory (CCCF, 2021). Morna mentioned that negotiations were underway. The negotiations are “bilateral negotiations” that will take place every four years, and they will negotiate various components on early learning in childcare and discuss how the money will be allocated (CCCF, 2021). Morna mentioned that there will also be commitments made to the indigenous community in early learning childcare, however there were no specifics that were mentioned (CCCF, 2021). Morna also stated that the new money will be largely tied to affordability and this budget will be different as it will not require
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