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2007 Election Advocate Format Draft If undelivered, return to: Prince Edward Island address label Union of Public Sector Employees 4 Enman Cres., Charlottetown PEI C1E 1E6 THE A DVOCATE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND UNION OF PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES We asked the leaders S of the four parties P running in this election to respond to E a series of questions C that are of concern to UPSE members. I A In this special election edition you L can read their responses and find E out what grade they received from UPSE L President Shelley E Ward C T Pat Binns—PC I Robert Ghiz—Liberal O N Shelley Ward—UPSE E D I Sharon Labchuk—Green Dean Constable—NDP T I O N Rating System: A - Indicates that the response is one that is acceptable for UPSE members C - Indicates that although part of the response is acceptable - there is still room for improvement. F - Indicates that this answer is not acceptable to UPSE members Early Childhood Education In spite of the high importance that Islanders place on their children and on the benefits of Early Childhood Education, there are serious problems with the funding of Early Childhood Education. The recent announcement that the current government was going to finally allocate the federal dollars that it had been holding on to for the past two years lacked any specific designation of these funds to Early Childhood Educators. Most operators of Early Childhood Education centres will state that they cannot afford to provide their employees with adequate wages and benefits in relation to their education and training. The employees also indicate that they cannot afford to work in the field for any length of time at wages that, in many cases, barely exceed the minimum wage. As a result, many workers leave the profession after a few years of employment and seek retraining or pursue other careers and employers are having a hard time retaining and finding adequate numbers of properly trained staff. We asked the question: If your party is elected to form the government in this election, will you make a commitment to work with Early Childhood Educators, their representatives and their employers and set aside budget dollars to be allocated for wages and benefits for Early Childhood Educators? As well, would you be willing to negotiate a comprehensive agreement at a common bargaining table that would produce a standard level of wages, benefits and pensions for all Early Childhood Educators in Prince Edward Island? Ensuring the children of Prince Edward Island get the right start is a continuing priority of the Pat Binns Government. We recently announced a significant investment in early learning for Island preschool children and their families. With C this new investment, all eligible licensed child care centres will now receive grant funding – 76 early childhood centres will begin receiving new funding immediately at an approximate investment of $1 million annually. The key areas targeted by this investment include: Grade Better Access and Affordability for child care programs: more low- and middle-income families will be eligible for C child care subsidy; Quality Licensed Child Care and Early Learning Environments: supporting greater stability in the licensed child care sector by providing stable,on-going funding; Early Years Information Campaign: a focus on the importance of the early years and how parents, caregivers and communities can be actively involved in learning; and, Research and Evaluation: resources are committed to collect and report data to measure how well our children are doing in areas of development and learning. The Pat Binns Government is allocating $4.2 million in funding held in trust as part of the Early Learning and Child Care Agreements of 2005 to support these strategic investments in early learning. We are also committed to increasing our annual contributions to early learning by $1.8 million commencing in 2009, building upon current annual funding levels of $8 million to support early learning initiatives The Liberal Party understands that effective early learning and child care services are critical building blocks in the lives of our children. What happens in the first few years of a child’s life can have profound impact on their L emotional and intellectual development. Offering our children the very best start in life is a goal that will drive our Liberal government’s approach to early childhood learning and child care. A Liberal Government will be committed to improving services aimed at early childhood education and child care. We find it unacceptable that the current government has played politics with federal funding dollars earmarked for Early Childhood education. By Grade withholding these funds for two years, the current government shows that it is places a higher priority on making A announcements at election time than providing timely support for our Early Childhood education system. It’s time for a change! A Liberal government will put Islanders first by announcing a series of initiatives during this campaign to help address the issue of improving the retention and recruitment of Early Childhood Educators, including improving educational opportunities and wages for Early Childhood Educators through a $1 million wage enhancement fund. For more information on the specifics of the Liberal Party plan for “The Early Years: Every Child Deserves the Best Start” please visit www.islandersfirst.ca The ADVOCATE Volume 27 Number 2 Election Issue May, 2007 2 N The NDP has been a long term supporter of a National Childcare Program and recognized that early childhood D educators should be recognized for the valuable work they do rather than continue to be paid extremely low wages for P a valuable role. We believe that a comprehensive agreement with improved wage levels, benefits and pension are needed to retain workers in this field. Grade A We stand for funding to create additional daycare spaces for infant care and care for children with special needs. We also think that like every other Province, wages and benefits will increase for kindergarten workers when it is part of a public school system. We would work to ensure that present day workers would qualify for those positions. Yes, we support more resources for the proper care of children in early childhood education programs. G Yes, we completely support fair and adequate wages, benefits and pensions for Early Childhood Educators. Women, typically, are employed as Early Childhood Educators and in 2007 it is still a struggle to have women’s work Grade valued. The Green Party will work hard to ensure all women are paid fairly and equitably and that value is placed on A caring for and nurturing our small children The Green Party is aware of wage discrepancies and the resulting abandonment of the profession by educators who tire of the struggle. The only way to ensure that Early Childhood Educators stay in the field is to pay them in keeping with their commitment. Education is not an expense, it’s an investment. Provincial Public Service Unionization In the past, various Prince Edward Island governments made a commitment to recognize the unionization of provincial government employees. More recently, however, some Prince Edward Island governments have allowed or endorsed the creation of pockets of non-union employment with various boards, agencies or other bodies that perform or deliver public services at the provincial level. (examples; PEI Business Development Corporation, Island Waste Management Inc. etc.) We asked the question: If your party is elected to form the government in this election, would you agree to incorporate these various boards, agencies or other bodies that perform or deliver public services, into unionized, public sector bargaining units? C Over that last decade, the Pat Binns Progressive Conservative Government has made every effort to work with unions to ensure that positions within the public sector that should be unionized are unionized. The casual conversion process Grade is one example of our government converting casual non-union positions into classified union positions. Casual C employees who are eligible to apply for, and are successful in competitions, become part of the unionized public sector rather than casual workers who are not part of the union. We have worked hard to develop an ongoing dialogue with unions, and will continue to work with unions to ensure that, where appropriate, positions are classified and that those workers belong to a public sector bargaining unit. L The Liberal Party shares your concern about the trend towards a lack of accountability and averting the public sector hiring process that has taken place by the Conservatives. This lack of accountability was evident in the extraordinary Grade salary previously paid to a former CEO of a Crown Corporation that was well beyond the pay scale of senior govern- C ment management positions. The Liberal Party questions this type of activity that favors a fortunate few, while the Conservatives at the same time proceeded to reduce public sector positions due to financial constraints posed by their own fiscal mismanagement. A Liberal Government will provide a new direction for Boards and Agencies as outlined in the Liberal Party’s “Fairness and Transparency in the Public Service” policy statement that will be released during the cam- paign. Upon its release, it can viewed at www.islandersfirst.ca. The Liberal Party believes that instead of the current government’s approach of manipulating the current Public Service hiring system by setting up “external corporations” for staffing considerations, we must instead develop fresh forward thinking ideas in partnership with groups such as UPSE to address our human resource challenges. After all, the changing demographics of our society are creating a much more competitive environment for retaining and attracting high caliber staff. cont’d T h e A D V O C A T E V o l u m e 2 7 N umber 2 Election Issue May, 2007 3 The Liberal Party understands that our province is very fortunate to have a very dedicated and competent public service that take on positions that are often very complex and challenging.
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