Child Care

BC has a childcare crisis - Families can't afford childcare 

Paying for childcare in BC is like having a second mortgage. Often, it's not worth going back to work. There is a solution: a community plan to cap childcare fees and improve early childhood education. It's time to invest in our kids.

We need $10/day childcare because...

• Childcare costs $9000/year for a 2-year old; In Vancouver, it's $14,000
• In BC, there is only one licensed childcare space for every five children
• BC mothers have lowest labour participation rate in Canada
• Young BC families are squeezed: both housing & childcare are unaffordable
• $10/day childcare is key to ending childhood poverty in BC – the second worst in Canada

The $10/day childcare plan will…

• Cap childcare fees at $10 a day & free for families making under $40,000/year
• Create more childcare spaces
• Develop a high quality early childhood education system
• Give boards of education the mandate to fund, develop and govern early care & learning in BC
• Improve wages and training for Early Childhood Educators – they are licensed teachers, not babysitters

Support $10/day childcare - 30 seconds is all it takes at cantaffordchildcare.ca !

The BCGEU is committed to making $10/day childcare happen! 

We endorse and support $10/day childcare plan, also known as the Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning. 

To view a message box on the BC child care crisis, click here (or download pdf version.)

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The BCGEU is the leading childcare union in British Columbia, representing over 1,500 Early Childhood Educators in 150 bargaining units. 

On November 16-17 2012, nearly 50 BCGEU members in the ECE sector participated in a conference and committed to making $10/day childcare happen in British Columbia! They left the event informed, energized, and inspired to push for the implementation of the $10/day childcare plan! More information and conference resources can be found here.

The BCGEU is proud to be partners with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. working towards building a quality, non-profit, universal and accessible child care system in our province. 

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To learn about past child care campaigns, visit the campaign archive below.

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