Vacancy rates

Canadian Daycare Research

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 14, 2020May 8, 2021in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Enrollment statistics, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Quality & staff-child ratios, Vacancy rates

The "You Bet I Care!" research was done for the federal government. There were 4 studies released in about 2000. They were done by top daycare lobbyists. The reports contain reliable evidence of:- high vacancy rates (study 1)- inadequate quality…

Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 16, 2020in Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Enrollment statistics, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Vacancy rates, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

KIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADA http://www.kidsfirstcanada.org info@kidsfirstcanada.org Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes Burnaby, BC - October 15, 2020 - BC’s political parties have missed the opportunity to earn votes…

Daycare gets money even when kids are not there

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 6, 2020October 6, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Enrollment statistics, Misc., Vacancy rates

BC Government Counts Daycare Vacancies; subsidies do not change with children's attendance:October 2020 - BC Government - (web) "Monthly Enrollment Reporting" (for daycare)KF reference copy of webpage retrieved Oct. 6, 2020 (PDF): “Monthly Enrollment Reporting “Funding payments are based on…

There’s no need to create more daycare spaces

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 20, 2017May 21, 2020in Misc., Vacancy rates

December 16, 2017 Vancouver Sun - op-ed by Kids First President, Helen Ward, & Andrea Mrozek: There's no need to create more daycare spaces

BC Daycare 30% Vacancy Rate as Government Plans 3800 More Spaces

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 5, 2017May 21, 2020in Misc., Vacancy rates

December 5, 2017. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - Press Release (PDF): BC Daycare: 30 Percent Spaces Vacant as Government Announces Funding for 3800 More SpacesDownload

Daycare Vacancy Rates in British Columbia:The Untold Story

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 5, 2017May 21, 2020in Misc., Vacancy rates

December 5, 2017 Kids First and Cardus Institute - report: 30% vacancy rate in BC daycare while government plans $33 million for new spaces. Daycare Vacancy Rates in British Columbia: The Untold StoryDownload

Daycare Vacancy In Toronto (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 1, 2017May 21, 2020in Misc., Vacancy rates

April 2017: Article by Cardus about the 4,500 vacant daycare spaces in Toronto (broken link) Daycares have increasing VACANCY rates but this data is hidden from public. This is a follow up from 2015 research by Kids First President, Helen…

FUND CHILDREN NOT SPACES

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 28, 2015May 16, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc., Vacancy rates

April 28, 2015 report by Kids First President, Helen Ward, published by the Institute for Marriage and Family Canada: "Is there really a daycare shortage? - A Toronto case study shows vacancies despite waiting lists and subsidies"PDF: download direct here…

Daycare Supply and Demand

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 15, 2007June 29, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Enrollment statistics, Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios, Vacancy rates

Is There a Shortage of Daycare Spaces—or a Shortage of Children in the Spaces? Recently the Toronto Star reported huge wait lists for subsidized spaces for low-income families [1]. The idea that there is a "child care crisis" consisting of…