There's a better solution to BC's childcare crisis. Support $10/day childcare!
BC has a childcare crisis
Families can't afford childcare
Paying for childcare in BC is like having a second mortgage. Often, it's not worth going back to work. There is a solution: a community plan to cap childcare fees and improve early childhood education. It's time to invest in our kids.
Support $10/day childcare!
Send an email to the Premier and Leader of the Official Opposition supporting the $10/day childcare plan!
We need the $10/day childcare plan because…
- Childcare costs $9000/year for a 2-year old; In Vancouver, it's $14,000
- In BC, there is only one licensed childcare space for every five children
- BC mothers have lowest labour participation rate in Canada
- Young BC families are squeezed: both housing & childcare are unaffordable
- $10/day childcare is key to ending childhood poverty in BC – the second worst in Canada
The $10/day childcare plan will…
- Cap childcare fees at $10 a day & free for families making under $40,000/year
- Create more childcare spaces
- Develop a high quality early childhood education system
- Give boards of education the mandate to fund, develop and govern early care & learning in BC
- Improve wages and training for Early Childhood Educators – they are licensed teachers, not babysitters
Say yes to childcare
Support the plan for $10/day childcare in BC.
Kids' early years are fundamental. Let's invest in pre-school like we do K-12. The $10/day plan is supported by municipalities, business groups, boards of education, labour unions and others.
Find out about the Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning at
www.cccabc.bc.ca/plan/
Fact sheets about the $10/day plan at www.cccabc.bc.ca/plan/toolkit/factsheets/