Minister denies daycare funding for B.C. legislature, saying area is well served | Unpublished
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Author: Wolfgang Depner
Publication Date: May 13, 2025 - 20:14

Minister denies daycare funding for B.C. legislature, saying area is well served

May 13, 2025
Plans by the British Columbia legislative assembly to open a child-care facility remain up in the air after the provincial government rejected a funding request.The legislature sought the funding in February 2024, but B.C.’s Ministry of Education and Child Care responded in March that the application was unsuccessful.The legislature had applied to the 2024-25 ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund, which recently announced 486 licensed child-care spaces in 12 locations as part of a larger announcement of more than 750 new spaces valued at more than $62-million.


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