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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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