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Opinion: B.C.’s $10-a-day daycare is unfair and unaffordable
It's currently reaching just 10 per cent of children. Expanding it to everyone isn't feasible for an already heavily indebted province
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British Columbia’s $10-a-day ChildCareBC program is in trouble. The provincial budget delivered Feb. 17 introduced a three-year pause on the program’s expansion. Although advocates argue the freeze will allow for adjustments, the program is simply unsustainable. The provincial government should admit that and change course.
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