Excerpts from the press release:
The world's biggest child care corporation appears to be embarking on a Canadian buying spree &em; a development that threatens the future of a public, non-profit child care system.
In recent months a corporation called 123 Busy Beavers Learning Centres has approached for-profit child care centers in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, asking if they would be interested in selling. Despite the home-grown name, 123 Busy Beavers is linked with huge Australian multinational child care corporation ABC Learning Centres.
CUPE helped uncover information showing the close links between 123 Busy Beavers and ABC Learning, through a child care corporation called 123 Global. It's a few short clicks from 123 Global's main page to a form for potential sellers, including Canadians.