BC has the funds to proceed with child care system building next year BUT
on January 5, 2007 Linda Reid, Minister of State for Child Care, announced
that the provincial government will begin a phased reduction of funding
starting April, 2007.

The BC government is insisting it cannot afford to maintain some of its
child care funding commitments when the federal-provincial agreements come
to an end [as a result of the federal Conservative government's termination
of the agreements as of March 31, 2007].

The BC government has other options but they do not have the political will
to stand up for the rights of working families, their children and the
workers who provide the daycare they need.

The BC child care situation will continue to go from bad to worse!

Read the Minister of State's letter [at top of web page]:
www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/childcare/

Read about their reduced spending on the Child Care Operating Fund:
www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/childcare....htm#rates

Read the Ministry of Children and Family Development's "Q's and A's"
www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/childcare..._jan07.pdf