e-362 (Day-care centre)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-85-01 Government Response to petitions concerning a day-care centre
- Childcare centres and workers
- Garderie Tunney's Daycare
- Government assistance
- Government facilities
- Public Service and public servants
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the President of the Treasury Board
- The Treasury Board has an existing policy that supports workplace daycare centres;
- Workplace daycare centres located in federal government buildings are at risk and some have closed because the objective of this policy has not been respected;
- Statistics Canada and Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) ceased supporting Garderie Tunney’s Daycare in the Statistics Canada building at the Tunney’s Pasture complex in Ottawa on September 1, 2014;
- PWGSC will impose an exorbitant “market rate” rent on Garderie Tunney's Daycare beginning on July 1, 2016;
- Garderie Tunney’s Daycare is a registered charity that has been caring for the children of federal employees for 28 years;
- As a result of the steep rental fees imposed by PWGSC, the daycare centre will be forced to close; 49 children will no longer have care; 15 full-time and 3 part-time employees, predominantly women, will lose their jobs; and
- Public Service Alliance of Canada opposes the cutbacks and urges that this essential service be maintained.
- Open for signature
- June 1, 2016, at 8:07 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 29, 2016, at 8:07 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Christine Moore
(Abitibi—Témiscamingue)
October 3, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00697) - Government response tabled
- November 16, 2016