2018 - Child Care - BC - News Reports, Media & Press Releases

The program, which will see fee reductions of up to $350 per month at eligible centres, is being viewed as a first step toward the New Democrats’ election promise of universal child care

One Maple Ridge owner is concerned child care centres like hers will be cut off from much needed funding.

Child care providers across the province are frustrated with the application process for the new parent-fee reductions offered by the NDP government.

The B.C. government has extended its deadline to April 20 for child care operators to opt in to a program to decrease the cost of daycare.

Private daycare operators in Maple Ridge are worried that they are being forced out of business by the NDP government’s plans for child care.

Supporters of B.C.’s move toward universal daycare defended the plan this week as one group said the government should look at a more targeted approach.

The provincial government has promised cheaper child care for British Columbia parents by April 1, but the people who provide that care say there are major problems with the government's plan.

The Fraser Institute is warning that British Columbia's goal of universal child care could be costly to tax payers.

"There's a lot more questions that have come up now that the contracts are out. The math doesn't make sense."

Willow Creek day care in Terrace may soon need to turn parents away. Owner Jennifer Maillet says the child care facility will be required to pay the province's new payroll tax next year, to a tune of $15,000 a year.

Many child care providers will delay opting in to the new B.C. government program to reduce daycare fees and others are opting out altogether because they have serious concerns about the program.

Major changes coming to B.C.'s child-care system remain unclear for parents and service providers.

The initiative is meant to reduce the amount parents pay while ensuring staff are still properly compensated.

Early childhood educators in B.C. are disappointed the province's push for universal child-care isn't coming with a pay increase for those doing the work — and at least one worries sexism plays a role.

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MLA Laurie Throness addressed the Minister of Finance on Thursday March 15 and spoke about Willow Creek Childcare in Terrace.

The NDP’s $1-billion investment in B.C. childcare, along with the new rollout of various subsidy programs for families, is leaving some early childhood educators in Terrace concerned about how they will afford future operating costs.

How much training will new staff require? And will low wages rise with qualifications?

Shane Simpson, B.C. Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, played with the kids at the Kelowna YMCA during a visit in January. —Image: Alistair Waters/Capital News

The Purpose Society, which runs several daycares, said the fee hike will go toward increased staff wages.

One billion dollars over three years. It’s such a mind-boggling amount of money that most of us can’t begin to conceive of what it really means. That’s the amount of money that Finance Minister. . .

Performers with the Hesquiaht Dancers dance troupe were a major part of the festivities at Friday’s grand opening event for Tillicum Lelum’s new $2-million child care centre in Nanaimo.(CHRIS BUSH/The News Bulletin)

Sarah Su has received only one application in the last two months.