Ask your election candidates about their commitment to early learning and child care in Newfoundland and Labrador:
- What will you do to make sure that families in Newfoundland and Labrador can find a child care space when they need one, no matter where they live?
- Early childhood educators are the heart of the system. How will you help recruit and keep them in the field?
- How will you make sure that early learning and child care in our province is high quality, inclusive, and affordable, not just about adding more spaces?
Use these talking points or add your own:
- Did you know that 90% of early childhood educators don’t know how they will ever afford to retire? 83% don’t have pensions. Many don’t have paid sick days., ECEs are leaving the field because of this and if we don’t fix it families won’t have access to the child care spaces government has promised.
- Access to high quality, affordable, and inclusive child care is one of the most important issues for me and my family.