It’s Time for Public Child Care is a joint campaign by the Ontario Federation of Labour and Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC). The campaign will focus on the need for the Ontario government to:

• build a non-profit system that meets the needs of children, parents, workers and community;
• fund pay equity adjustments; and
• prevent corporate takeover of child care in Ontario.

The campaign would include media and public education events and local and provincial actions. This campaign is mandated by 2007 convention resolution and action plan.

The NDP has tabled legislation at both the federal and provincial level to stop corporate sector child care from accessing public funding.

January, 2008

Coalition against Corporate Takeover of Local Child Care

January 24, 2008

OCBCC has scheduled a forum on foreign-owned corporate child care

February 7, 2008

OCBCC protest Minister of Finance for not funding pay equity adjustments

February 25, 2008

Release of report on the negative impact that expansion of private sector delivery of child care would have because of trades agreement

February - March

OFL/OCBCC Provincial Child Care Tour
Support Federal NDP Bill 303 back for 3rd reading
International Women’s Day

March 6, 2008

ONDP (Andrea Horwath) Bill 26 2nd reading
Queen Park press conference and rally

April 11-12, 2008

Host Deb Brennan from Australia, hold OCBCC conference with focus on foreign-owned corporate child care

April, 2008

Provincial Budget
Federal election?
CLC child care component of their national women’s campaign

June 3, 2008

Queen’s Park lobby with OCBCC and OFL members in teams