The Speech from the Throne to open the first session of the thirty-eighth Parliament of Canada (October 2004): Speech and responses

On October 5, 2004 the Governor General of Canada read the Speech from the Throne to open and set the agenda for the new session of Parliament. The following are links to the text of the speech along with the Prime Minister’s reply, news articles, and selected responses from the child care and social policy community (in alphabetical order by title). Additional resources will be added as they become available.

Speech from the Throne
SOURCE: Government of Canada, October 5, 2004
Speech in pdf

Prime Minister’s reply to the Speech from the Throne
SOURCE: Government of Canada, October 6, 2004
Speech

NEWS ARTICLES

Child care advocates hail Throne Speech
SOURCE: Globe and Mail, October 6, 2004
Excerpts in html

Day care vow highlight of speech
SOURCE: Sudbury Star, October 5, 2004
Excerpts in html

Health, child care top Throne Speech
SOURCE: Toronto Star, October 5, 2004
Excerpts in html

National child care system just ‘a matter of when’
SOURCE: Ottawa Citizen, October 6, 2004
Excerpts in html

RESPONSES

CCCF welcomes Throne Speech commitment to national early learning and child care system
SOURCE: Canadian Child Care Federation, October 5, 2004
Press release

Decisive action needed to put child poverty strategy back on track
SOURCE: Campaign 2000, October 8, 2004
Press release

Keeping the child care promises for Canada’s children
SOURCE: Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
Press release

Ottawa’s nod to women’s equality short on details, says YWCA Canada
SOURCE: YWCA Canada, October 8, 2004
Press release

Throne Speech passes first child care test but not with flying colours
SOURCE: Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
Press release

Will the child care promises become a reality?
SOURCE: Coalition of Child Care Advocates BC, October 6, 2004
Press release

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