Canada

USEFUL RESOURCES

ECEC in the 2004 federal election
CRRU Issue File (created May 2004)
This Issue File provides information about how ECEC is positioned in the political parties’ platforms and what key social policy groups are calling for in the election. In addition, news clippings and other resources about ECEC in the federal campaign have been included.

Women’s Equality.ca
The Womensequality.ca website has been created to appeal for action on parental leave. (On January 27, 2004, the Quebec Court of Appeal found in a unanimous decision that the sections of the federal Employment Insurance Act that provide EI benefits during maternity and parental leave are outside the constitutional jurisdiction of the federal government.)

Kids Canada Policy Digest
Canadian Policy Research Networks (created April 2004)
Kids Canada presents information about a range of policy fields – paid and unpaid family leaves, early childhood education and care, parental benefits, and disability, and more –in in a clear and systematic form.

Federal budget 2004
CRRU ISSUE file (created March 2004)
Contains links to the federal budget and to selected materials from the ECEC and social policy community.

Federal budget 2003
CRRU ISSUE file (created March 2003)
Contains links to the federal budget and to selected materials from the ECEC and social policy community.

The Speech from the Throne to open the second session of the thirty-seventh Parliament of Canada (2002): Speech and responses
CRRU ISSUE file (created November 2002)
Contains links to the text of the speech and to selected responses from the ECEC and social policy community.

The Early Childhood Development Agreement
CRRU ISSUE file (created 2000)
On September 11, 2000 Canada's First Ministers (except for Québec's) announced an agreement on early childhood development services. This ISSUE file prepared by CRRU contains links to documents from the federal government providing the policy context of the agreement. The next section provides responses and analyses of the agreement. The last section presents policy developments in the provinces since the initiative was announced (last updated in 2002).