B.C. Liberals haven’t delivered on early child development
Georgia Straight
By Vi-Anne Zirnhelt, president of Early Childhood Educators of B.C.
April 26, 2009

There are a number of early learning planning tables in communities across the province, and the number-one issue for most of these programs is the lack of affordable, accessible, and quality childcare. Ultimately, as a just society, we need to ask ourselves this question: Why would I not support a quality system, with proven lifelong benefits for children? As taxpayers we support public education, public health care, roads, and community programs like libraries and swimming pools. When we know that early learning and care will make a lifelong difference to young children as they grow to adulthood, it simply makes sense.

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