Summary:
In September 2018, the federal government released the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework. In February 2021, the federal budget proposed to invest $2.5 billion over the next five years, to support the framework’s mandate.
The Call to Action:
We call upon the federal, provincial, territorial and Aboriginal governments to develop culturally appropriate early childhood education programs for Aboriginal families.
Analysis:
In September 2018, the federal government released the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework.
According to a written statement to CBC News, a government spokesperson states that the framework will “guide future investments and programming approaches in Indigenous early learning and child care, including for the federal government’s existing Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care programs.”
The federal government had conducted an online and cross-country “engagement process,” led by national, regional and community-level Indigenous organizations,” to seek out their insights.
In Budget 2021, the federal government proposed to invest $2.5 billion, over five years, to support development of “an early learning and child care system that meets the needs of Indigenous families, wherever they live.”