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April 30,2021

The Vancouver Local is having a Women’s Committee meeting on Thursday, May 20, 2021 @ 5 pm via Zoom.

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 3pm

You must register in advance for this meeting here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsce-rpzwrGtXFUFA4KJmPot1pW-wFWN29

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

If you are interested in participating on this committee, please read the information below, taken from our Vancouver Local By-laws, in regards to the committee’s mandate:

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April 27,2021

There was some cause for celebration in the 2021 Federal Budget for funding child care.

Child care advocates say the federal budget marks an historic turning point for children and families and will bring about a better, fairer and faster economic recovery.

The federal budget laid-out a multi-year budget plan to make child care programs more accessible, affordable and inclusive.  This includes a plan to help reduce parent fees to $10 a day within five years. Bringing down parent fees by publicly funding the operation of regulated child care services is the best way to build a universal system that is good for the sector, for children and that is affordable for parents.

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Bill 52 2013 – An Act to proclaim the month of April as Sikh Heritage Month

 

Diversity is the key to the Canadian values, and April is an important month for the Sikh community. The month of April is Sikh Heritage Month, Proclaimed by Parliament on April 30, 2019, this month recognizes and highlights the important contribution that Sikh communities have made and continue to make Canada’s social, economic, political, and cultural heritage. The first of its kind in the world, Sikh Heritage Month is a celebration of arts, culture and heritage. The bill was unanimously passed by the Senate, and received royal assent from the Governor General.

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