Excerpts from CCAAC open letter to government officials: “Many people think that you can make money out of child care and in North America and Australia many try to do so. It appears to make sense. There is a huge demand and undeveloped supply.” “However market strategies are not the solution. Progressive countries do not rely on them to provide early learning and child care services for children. But we do in Canada. Perhaps this is why Canada places last, Australia second last and the US third last in the December 2008 UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre comparative analysis of the status of early childhood education and care in the 25 economically advanced countries.” “The Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada provides Not in the Public Interest: Private Development and other Entrepreneurial Child Care Schemes - a briefing note that speaks to the latest entrepreneurial scheme being promoted in Canada. We urge government decision makers to beware of false solutions and to be proactive in advancing public policy that is accountable for quality, affordable, accessible child care.”