Sudden cut to child care funding in BC this week

This message comes tonight from the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC:

Subject: Cuts to Child Care – email the Premier to say NO…

This week the provincial government once again signalled it’s lack of
support for parents who need  child care  in order to hold jobs and go
to school.

This week’s cut comes to the small grants
that child care centres use for basic safety and quality repairs. It is
one more example of a provincial government that seems determined to
dismantle and destabilize an already fragile daycare system in BC.

Without these Minor Capital Grants, child care centres will have no
choice but to raise parent fees – again – just to cover the costs of
meeting provincial licensing requirements for health, safety and
quality standards.

With no warning, the small but significant repair grants were cut from a maximum of  $5,000 a year to $2,000 a year.

We encourage you to email Premier Campbell at premier@gov.bc.ca to say he must invest in a child care system – and to start by reversing this cut.