We're calling for a comprehensive workforce strategy as part of a new proposal for universal, quality, affordable and accessible early learning and child care.
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When fully implemented, the proposal, released Friday at AlbertasFuture.ca would put at least 42,500 people back to work and would increase Alberta’s GDP by nearly $6 billion.
The single most effective economic strategy we can implement to get people back to work and grow our economy, is to offer universal, affordable early learning child care.
In #Calgary, the average cost of full-time child care is $1,000 per month, making it the most expensive city in Alberta and the third most expensive city in Canada for child care.
Child care is the key to getting parents, particularly women, back to work. Not only does it allow parents with young children to return to work, it creates good local jobs, something Calgary desperately needs right now.
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In the past year, extensive cancellations to Alberta's early learning and child care programs from the UCP government have made programs less affordable, less accessible, less stable and actively undermined quality early childhood education.
In order to stabilize the sector and position early learning and child care as the economic driver that it is, immediate actions and a long-term strategy are necessary.
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