Canadian Press

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

OTTAWA (CP) - Women’s groups are urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change his mind on child care.

They marked International Women’s Day on Wednesday with meetings, demonstrations and news conferences urging the federal government to retain the child-care agreements signed with the provinces by the last Liberal government.

They say Harper’s pledge to replace those agreements with direct payments to families of $1,200 a year for every child under 6 doesn’t cut it.

“While families welcome financial support, it is not child care,” said Monica Lysack of the Canadian Child Care Advocacy Association.

“Child care is the ramp to equality and a right that women have been fighting for for decades,” said Nancy Peckford of the Feminist Alliance for International Action.

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