Political parties ignore recent government-written plan for childcare
May 6, 2009
Georgia Straight
By Pieta Woolley

Free, all-day kindergarten for three, four, and five-year-olds would cost British Columbia $615 million a year in operating funds, according to an April 2009 report by the province’s Early Childhood Learning Agency.

Despite its release just before the May 12 provincial election, no political party’s platform made use of the ECLA’s detailed plan for what is essentially childcare. Included in the report, Expanded Early Learning in British Columbia for Children Age Three to Five, are the results from a year’s worth of consultations with parents, childcare providers, and other stakeholders.

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