Now Launched! Care Counts Campaign

by | Mar 7, 2026 | News & Press Releases, Active Campaigns, Campaigns, Featured, Media, Uncategorized

New from the Association of Early Childhood Educators, the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, and our partners and allies! The Care Counts campaign is a multi-year advocacy campaign aimed at securing decent work and pay for Early Childhood Educators and child care workers, as part of a fully and sufficiently publicly funded $10aDay early learning and child care program in Ontario, and across the broader early years and child care sector.

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Equal Pay Day 2026

Tuesday April 14, 2026 is Equal Pay Day in Ontario. It symbolizes how much longer into 2026 the average woman must work to earn what the average man did in 2025. This year the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition is mobilizing in solidarity with child care workers and other...

Budget 2026: Ontario still isn’t paying its fair share for child care

The 2026 Ontario budget shows that the Ford government still doesn’t understand the value of early learning and child care to Ontario’s economy. Ontario families, communities, the economy - and the provincial government - are benefiting from federal investment in the...

When male statues become caregivers for a day, care counts

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