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We've reported on the #uOttawa childcare centre and the workers' union campaign there. Garderie Bernadette Child Care Centre is now being threatened with closure, and the union is calling for public support.
Here's their statement and how you can help:
https://bernadetteworkers.ca/en/2026/03/save-garderie-bernadette/ -
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The future of Garderie Bernadette Child Care Centre at University of Ottawa is uncertain as demolition plans do not include a new space.
We reported on the importance of the workers' union drive in 2022: https://leveller.ca/child-care-workers-unite/
"If you're keeping parents out of these spaces ...you're really contributing to a university, to a campus, that does not actually want everybody participating."
Read about the current struggle on CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/child-care-university-ottawa-uncertain-future-1.7095797
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Currently the Ottawa River at Britannia is flowing 1.68x the volume of both of the Niagara Falls combined 😱
Currently at Britannia the water flow is 4830 m^3/sec
The Niagara Fall State park says:
3,160 tons of water flows over Niagara Falls every second. This accounts for 75,750 gallons of water per second over the American and Bridal Veil Falls and 681,750 gallons per second over the Horseshoe Falls.
75750+681750 = 757500
757500 gallons = 2867 m^3
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