Throne speech offers tax breaks, more preschool options and cheaper housing
Families with children under the age of 18 will be able to defer their property taxes.
By Rob Shaw and Kim Westad
Times Colonist
February 9, 2010

…New neighbourhood preschools for children aged three and four will begin appearing in B.C. communities in the next five years as the province forges new partnerships with the private sector, the throne speech said.

“We have to have those preschools located close to where people live,” Campbell told reporters. “The stories from young families today about travelling at 4 a.m. to be in a lineup for preschool is not smart.”

Meanwhile, all-day kindergarten for five-year-olds begins, in part, this year and will be in place at every school in the province by September 2011, the speech said…. [Carol] James said she believes the speech foreshadows a flurry of tough cuts in the next provincial budget, March 2.