As we begin to move towards the pandemic recovery plan, parents and caregivers are now even more desperate for accessible and affordable care for their children. This new program is essential to ensure an inclusive and feminist post-pandemic recovery that supports women and caregivers to re-enter the workforce. New Democrats support this transition and are committed to working alongside child care professionals, families, unions, and activists to make sure the Liberals finally keep their promise.
Manitobans deserve child care that is high-quality, universally accessible, publicly funded, affordable, and culturally safe. This must be supported by a professional workforce with good wages and working conditions. Today, I wish to congratulate the decades of work by grassroots child care activists, organizations, and families in Manitoba who are finally witnessing this historic agreement realized.
MANITOBA—On Monday, MPs Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) and Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) demanded that the federal government take action to end child poverty, citing rising rates in the recently released Manitoba Child and Family Poverty Report Card. Gazan and Ashton are calling on the government to implement a national school lunch program and a framework for a guaranteed, livable basic income (GLBI).
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Centre MP Leah Gazan, the NDP’s critic for Women and Gender Equality, is reiterating Jagmeet Singh’s call on the Trudeau Liberals to cover contraception costs as part of the party’s push for a universal pharmacare framework.
“Contraceptives are an essential part of reproductive health for women and gender diverse people,” said Gazan.