Issue dominates question period
The issue of cuts was front and centre in question period in the B.C. legislature Tuesday, as the opposition focused on playground funding.
About 90 Vancouver schools have equipment that must be replaced but now there's no hope of that, said B.C. NDP MLA Jenny Kwan.
"As a result tens of thousands of children will not be able to play at their school playground," Kwan said.
But the government said other funding sources could be tapped.
The $20-per-student grant to Parents Advisory Councils that it cut in half last year has been restored, said B.C. Social Development Minister Rich Coleman.
Kwan said that despite that change, the Parents Advisory Council at one Vancouver school had been fundraising for months to replace a condemned playground and now had no chance of reaching its goal.
The minister was unapologetic, saying the government was facing unprecedented economic hardship.
"I know you don't like to admit that being prudent and fiscally responsible is good for the future of our children and our grandchildren," Coleman said.
via www.cbc.ca
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