The party has revealed its own version of $10-a-day daycare, accusing the governing BC NDP of failing to live up to its commitment.
WATCH: Keith Baldrey has more on the work done to improve performance on MRI and CT scan wait times. And also an announcement from Kevin Falcon on BC United's childcare policy.
Under the BC United plan, lower- and middle-income parents would get a cash rebate for daycare fees exceeding $10 per day. The party is also promising a tax credit to families where child care is provided by parents, grandparents or other family members.The party is also promising to increase the number of available spaces in B.C. by adding child care to schools and hospitals and incentivizing private-sector daycares.“We’re going to involve the private sector, who by the way have delivered most of the additional seats, we’re going to involve the not for profit sectors,” Falcon said.sent to your email, as it happens.
“We’re going to incentivize employers so that they have the incentive to ensure there’s childcare services at their workplace, and we’re going to make sure that we incorporate childcare in our schools and hospitals.”The province says under its child-care plan it has also cut the average daily cost of child care for kids five and under down to $19 from $54.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
There's strong support to expand $10-a-day child care in B.C., poll shows43% of parents with young children said they had to wait more than six months to get a spot; 88 per cent said they still want access to $10-a-day child care.
Read more »
There's strong support to expand $10-a-day child care in B.C., poll shows43% of parents with young children said they had to wait more than six months to get a spot; 88 per cent said they still want access to $10-a-day child care.
Read more »
There's strong support to expand $10-a-day child care in B.C., poll shows43% of parents with young children said they had to wait more than six months to get a spot; 88 per cent said they still want access to $10-a-day child care.
Read more »
New way of funding $10-a-day child care in Ontario coming in 2025Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce is set to make an announcement at Queen's Park today as the province's back-to-school plan has face scrutiny for class sizes.
Read more »
New way of funding $10-a-day child care in Ontario coming in 2025Child-care centres, including the YMCA, the largest operator in Ontario, have been warning about the risk of closures if the funding formula isn’t soon updated
Read more »
New way of funding $10-a-day child care in Ontario coming in 2025Ontario has told child-care centres that it will implement a new way of funding the national $10-a-day program — something operators have urgently called for — starting in 2025.
Read more »