WHEREAS according to Jesus, children have a particular significance in the reign of God, and
WHEREAS Canada has signed the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child, and
WHEREAS the lack of affordable, accessible, and quality childcare is a contributing factor to Canada's high child and family poverty rates, and
WHEREAS a quality childcare system can be a key factor in childhood development, and
WHEREAS an investment in children is a financially, educationally, and socially sound investment by society
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Thirty-sixth General Council to call upon the Government of Canada to implement a National Childcare Program which provides affordable, accessible, and quality childcare.
GC36 1997 ROP, pp. 719, 986
