Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first thing we have to do is make sure the existing day care operators are well supported. We know a lot of them are struggling, so we think the first thing we have to do with this money, since it's one-time money, we can't count on it being ongoing, in fact, we know for sure it won't be ongoing money, we were looking for opportunities to help existing day care operators to better survive. If we create new day care spaces without having resolved the ongoing operations concerns, that isn't helpful in the long run. The Member is right; we need to look for ways to improve how we can get more day cares in operation. One of the things we are hoping to do is, through the money that's coming from the federal government, the $100 a month, we expect that that can be turned into fees. We are hoping to increase what we provide for user subsidies, that on top of what we provide now for operator subsidies, start-up grants. We think at that point we will have a program that will be sustainable and will lead to more spaces in all of our communities, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 70-15(5): Funding Support For Day Care
In the Legislative Assembly on June 6th, 2006. See this statement in context.
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Question 70-15(5): Funding Support For Day Care
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