So many good things from the new NDP government since the election.  This has   
   to be one of the big ones:   
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   CBC News · Posted: Nov 09, 2018    
      
      
   B.C. to open thousands of $10-a-day child-care spaces   
      
   Spaces will cost families a maximum of $200 a month per child   
      
   The government of B.C. is moving one step closer to fulfilling one of its   
   major election promises: $10-per-day child-care spaces across the province.   
      
   The prototype plan announced Friday afternoon includes spaces for about 2,500   
   children at 53 child-care facilities in both rural and urban areas around the   
   province.   
      
   All are expected to be in operation by Dec. 1, and cost parents and guardians   
   a maximum of $200 a month per child.   
      
   "This project takes a major step towards universal child care in British   
   Columbia," said B.C.'s Minister of Children and Family Development, Katrine   
   Conroy, in a statement.   
      
   The prototype sites are the next step in the government's commitment to its   
   10-year ChildCare B.C. plan, said B.C.'s Minister of State for Child Care,   
   Katrina Chen.   
      
   "Prototype sites give us a glimpse of what the future of universal child care   
   in B.C. can be and are critical as we design and refine our program moving   
   forward," said Chen.   
      
   Preparing for provincewide subsidized childcare   
      
   To balance operational costs, the facilities will receive funding from the   
   government, which has allocated $60 million for the project.   
      
   Child-care facilities were asked to apply for the program back in the summer   
   of 2018, with more than 300 child-care operators from B.C. submitting   
   applications, according to the statement.   
      
   The chosen sites will operate until March 31, 2020, and are required to   
   provide the government with feedback on the program to prepare for an eventual   
   province-wide rollout.   
      
   Families who are unable to access the subsidized spaces could still be   
   eligible to receive support through the Affordable Child Care Benefit.   
      
   The program provides parents with a combined annual income of $111,000 or less   
   up to $1,250 per child a month.   
      
      
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-to-open-thou   
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