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Supporters of $10-a-day daycare in B.C. are calling out the NDP government, accusing it of abandoning its promises.
Advocates for the program said the recent provincial budget contained no increase in spending for the program.
They say there was also no mention of funding for B.C. Premier David Eby’s promise of more child care in schools.
They also said that only 10 per cent of families have $10-a-day child care and 74 per cent of B.C.’s children have no licensed daycare.
“We’ve seen that the commitments are not being upheld, we’ve seen progress come to pretty much a stop, we’ve seen election commitments not fulfilled, and we’re seeing families frustrated and desperate and educators still underpaid,” Sharon Gregson with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. told Global News.
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