Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Further to my Member's statement, I want to ask questions about day care programs to the Minister of ECE. Mr. Speaker, I realize that this is a very complicated issue, but it is a common theme that we hear all over the Territories. That is that we are just not doing enough to provide a healthy learning environment for our young children at the preschool ages. In Yellowknife, it is just well known that the workers that work in day care centres are notoriously underpaid. Any kind of subsidy that government makes available doesn't go anywhere near addressing the issue. Across the Territories, there are places where there are just not day care homes available. The government insists on that funding, any capital funding for these day cares. While we are passing the buck around saying that this is a federal responsibility, it is a territorial responsibility. The territorial government doesn't pay for capital funding. We have all these children with no educational opportunities at the preschool level. I'd like to know from the Minister what he's doing, as the Minister of ECE, to address this question. Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Question 124-15(4): Day Care Services
In the Legislative Assembly on October 17th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 124-15(4): Day Care Services
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 16th, 2005
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