Sharon Gregson
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Advocate for the $10aDay child care plan. Vegan for the animals.
Got to love being at a
@childcarenow.bsky.social
meeting where they know you so well that they label your lunch box!
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Worth a listen:
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#ChildCareBC
#10adaychildcare
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BC’s Path to Universal Child Care
Education Podcast · Updated Monthly · A podcast featuring interviews with child care advocates, government officials, policy makers, educators, parents and child care organisations in BC, exploring th...
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bcs-path-to-universal-child-care/id1587065634
7 days ago
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Courtney Theriault
29 days ago
More live horses are shipped out of Edmonton for consumption abroad than the rest of Canada. The CFIA says Canada's humane standards ensure animals aren't harmed in transit- but @AnimalJustice claims the numbers in Japan paint a different picture.
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Animal welfare group calls for all-out ban on Edmonton's horse-meat shipments
Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · March 17 · 6m
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/animal-welfare-group-calls-for-all-out-ban-on-edmontons/id1740408038?i=1000755838393
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Great to hear your analysis in the Hotel Pacifico strategy suite
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Lesli Boldt (@lesliboldt.bsky.social)
Active, activist, advocate, communicator. President and owner of boldtcommunications.com
https://lesliboldt.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Snowing in Adanac Park - East Vancouver
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about 1 month ago
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Reuters
about 2 months ago
RBC, other big Canadian banks beat profit estimates as economy resists tariff impact
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RBC, other big Canadian banks beat profit estimates as economy resists tariff impact
Canada's six biggest banks exceeded profit forecasts this week in results boosted by wealth management and fee-based income, underlining the resilience of the country's economy to the impact of U.S. tariffs and broader policy uncertainty.
https://reut.rs/3OMPHkS
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The last mile: Provincial child care expansion at the five-year deadline - CCPA
Child care has become more accessible over the past five years but finding affordable spaces is still a frustrating experience for many parents
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/the-last-mile-provincial-child-care-expansion-at-the-five-year-deadline/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQKNjYyODU2ODM3OQABHiSlLjdPubBqO-b9DjeUO8TyYUFovA5PdQ5LRxqK5HqUfKflcdXmHvjZu9yA_aem_cCFPNqocGj5LdsMHfPDwsw
about 2 months ago
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Lisa Beare
about 2 months ago
B.C. Budget 2026 reaffirms our commitment to children and families across British Columbia.💛📚 ✔️ $634M new funding in K–12 education funding ✔️ $330M lift to ChildCareBC ✔️ Investments for before and after school care ✔️ $167M for the Classroom Enhancement Fund 1/2 🧵
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The pause on expanding $10aDay childcare signals an inflection point for a system already strained by high fees, limited access & educator wage concerns. Advocates say the freeze only works if the province uses it to rebuild a model that is fairer to families and workers.
@futureofgood.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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BC Policy Solutions
about 2 months ago
Noon today PT, join senior economist
Iglika Ivanova
, policy analyst
Véronique Sioufi
and
Stand.earth
climate campaigner
Sven Biggs
for their analysis of
#BCBudget26.
Read their take and join us!
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BC Budget 2026: A slow retreat from public services that leaves people to fend for themselves
With Budget 2026, the BC government has prioritized deficit and debt reduction at the expense of public investment that could have made life more affordable for BC families and built a more equitable future for the next generation.
https://bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/17/bc-budget-2026/
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Happy Birthday to the wonderful Amy Bell! We love your presence on the radio! You are 50 awesome!
@amybell.bsky.social
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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BC budget freezes the growth of the $10-a-day child care system, pending a review into its future and to address complaints by current providers.
cheknews.ca/top-5-things...
#ChildCareBC
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Top 5 things to know about the 2026 B.C. budget
B.C.'s 2026 budget comes with a number of key items including increases to income taxes, and further cuts to services.
https://cheknews.ca/top-5-things-to-know-about-the-2026-b-c-budget-1306103/
about 2 months ago
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What about child care in the BC Budget? Families want to know.
hopestandard.com/2026/02/17/1...
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$10 a Day ChildCareBC provider enrolment put on pause in Budget 2026 - Hope Standard
Finance Minister announces $330M for child care, ‘stabilization period’
https://hopestandard.com/2026/02/17/10-a-day-childcarebc-provider-enrolment-put-on-pause-in-budget-2026/
about 2 months ago
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B.C. pauses $10-a-day childcare program in Budget 2026
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B.C. pauses $10-a-day childcare program in Budget 2026
B.C.’s $10-a-day childcare program will be paused, and while the move is welcomed by advocates, they hope work is done quickly to resolve the issue.
https://cheknews.ca/b-c-pauses-10-a-day-childcare-program-in-budget-2026-1306109/
about 2 months ago
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Thank you
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social
and Early Edition team for the sensitive coverage of the terrible Tumbler Ridge tragedy. The interviews and music choices are much appreciated. Sending love to
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2 months ago
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Good news! And we need to ensure there is sufficient before-and-after school child care available in all elementary schools for families who need it.
#10adaychildcare
#childcarebc
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2 months ago
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APTN News
2 months ago
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is headed to Greenland this week to open a new Canadian consulate in the territory.
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Canada to open a new Canadian consulate in Greenland | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
https://youtu.be/Av96KL6cDl0
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Nikki Hill
2 months ago
We touch on news of the week including the Alberta separatism movement and the Trump administration, backlash on Canadian businesses in deals with ICE. And a lot of love for the people of Minnesota reminding us about the very best of humanity as they face the worst.
youtu.be/hZfzoQxBvBw?...
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Facing obliteration, Quebec's Legault quits
YouTube video by Left East to West
https://youtu.be/hZfzoQxBvBw?si=unhQXW2-b29PDk0u
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Sharon Gregson
Seth Klein
2 months ago
Children make up about 30% of the over 70,000 people killed in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
Israeli military’s U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/israel-military-gaza-death-toll-broadly-accurate
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Wise words for government echoed by
@judydarcy.bsky.social
in her new book, “They should focus on legacy programs that voters would remember them for. And they shouldn’t abandon their base.”
#10adaychildcare
@davidebybc.bsky.social
2 months ago
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Joaquin Castro
2 months ago
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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The Tennessee Holler
3 months ago
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!” So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it (H/T longtimehistory)
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Unofficial CTV News Mirror
3 months ago
Advocates call for federal, provincial governments to strengthen child-care system
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Child care in Canada: Advocates call for $10/day commitment
Child-care advocates called Friday on the federal and provincial governments to commit to strengthening the $10-a-day system, as the ministers responsible met in Ottawa.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/advocates-call-for-federal-provincial-governments-to-strengthen-child-care-system/?taid=697d0b742840fc000165049b&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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Canadian Labour
3 months ago
Today in Ottawa, child care advocates raised serious concerns about possible cuts to Canada’s $10-a-day system. Workers can’t work without child care. We must protect it, expand it and invest in it.
#ChildCareNow
#cdnpoli
Watch the press conference:
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
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Advocates Call on Federal Govt to Keep $10-a-Day Child Care Target
At a news conference in Ottawa, representatives from several advocacy groups raise concerns about possible cuts to Canada’s $10-a-day child care system. Speaking with reporters are Vicky Smallman (ch...
https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/advocates-call-on-federal-govt-to-keep-10-a-day-child-care-target?id=e11b6e4e-135d-4885-95b4-25be75d4ffe6
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Sharon Gregson
Government of Yukon
3 months ago
At the 2026 FPT Ministers Forum on
#ELCC
early learning and child care,
#Yukon
Minister of Education Scott Kent advocated with
#NWT
and
#Nunavut
ministers for more federal funding support for families across the
#North
: Read more:
www.canada.ca/en/employmen...
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Sharon Gregson
Child Care Now
3 months ago
100 organizations co-signed a letter to the Ministers responsible for early learning and child care, in advance of their meetings on January 30th. The joint letter calls on all levels of government to strengthen the $10aDay child care system.
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CHEK News
3 months ago
Child-care advocates called Friday on the federal and provincial governments to commit to strengthening the $10-a-day system, as the ministers responsible met in Ottawa.
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Advocates call for federal, provincial governments to strengthen child-care system
Child-care advocates called Friday on the federal and provincial governments to commit to strengthening the $10-a-day system, as the ministers responsible met in Ottawa.
https://cheknews.ca/advocates-call-for-federal-provincial-governments-to-strengthen-child-care-system-1302865/
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Sharon Gregson
3 months ago
Today we joined Child Care Now at Parliament Hill calling for federal & provincial governments to re-commit to
#10aDayChildCare
and fund a solution to the waitlist crisis, including fair wages for educators & more non-profit spaces. Read more:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Advocates call for federal, provincial governments to strengthen child-care system | CBC News
Child-care advocates called on Friday for the federal and provincial governments to commit to strengthening the $10-per-day system, as the ministers responsible met in Ottawa.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-care-advocates-increased-support-program-9.7068636
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@childcarenow.bsky.social
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Advocates Call on Federal Govt to Keep $10-a-Day Child Care Target
At a news conference in Ottawa, representatives from several advocacy groups raise concerns about possible cuts to Canada’s $10-a-day child care system. Speaking with reporters are Vicky Smallman (ch...
https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/advocates-call-on-federal-govt-to-keep-10-a-day-child-care-target?id=e11b6e4e-135d-4885-95b4-25be75d4ffe6
3 months ago
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Glad to see the economic panel at
@boardoftrade.bsky.social
be asked a question about childcare as nation-building infrastructure. Former Premier Glen Clark answered brilliantly - childcare is an economic not just a social issue and recent progress should not be lost
#10adaychildcare
#ChildCareBC
3 months ago
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Stephen Quinn
3 months ago
This is the best thing you will see all day!
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Bruce Springsteen
3 months ago
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Powerful new song by Bruce Springsteen - On the Streets of Minneapolis
@brucespringsteen.net
3 months ago
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The Fisheries Minister granted Marineland conditional approval to export whales & dolphins to the US—after the park threatened to execute the animals. Act now to ensure they won’t be bred in the US.s 🐋
#CdnPoli
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Tell Canada’s Fisheries Minister to Protect Marineland Whales from Breeding
The Fisheries Minister granted Marineland conditional approval to export whales & dolphins to the US—after the park threatened to execute the animals. Act now to ensure they won’t be bred in the US.
https://action.animaljustice.ca/page/185217/action/1?locale=en-US&en_chan=bs_ty&en_ref=189522847
3 months ago
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I’m surprised to hear that Australian Shepherd’s get their fur trimmed or shaved. Don’t they have a double coat
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3 months ago
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Sharon Gregson
CTV News Vancouver
3 months ago
Vancouver council votes down living wage motion three years after scrapping policy
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Vancouver council votes down living wage motion three years after scrapping policy
Vancouver city council has voted down a motion to reinstate the city as a living wage employer, three years after the policy was scrapped, with just four councillors voting in support.
https://bit.ly/3NVnzvq
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Global News
3 months ago
Liam Ramos — who recently turned five — and his father were taken into custody on the driveway of their Minneapolis home.
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ICE detains 5-year-old Minnesota boy as he arrives home from school - National | Globalnews.ca
Photos of the incident show the preschooler in a blue knitted hat with bunny ears and white pompoms walking with a masked ICE agent behind him.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11624440/child-detained-ice-boy-liam-ramos-minnesota/
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Forget the B.C. NDP's promise of $10-a-day child care. How about a universal $20?
Douglas Todd: Right now, only one in 10 young children in the province is in a daycare with the vaunted fee of $10 a day.
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/forget-bc-ndp-promise-10-a-day-child-care-how-about-a-universal-20
3 months ago
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Paul Roche
3 months ago
theres a big media push by the 10aDay folks, glad to see it being picked up.
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B.C. daycare providers warn they may have to leave $10-a-day program if forced to cut wages of educators
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B.C. daycare providers warn they may leave $10-a-day program if forced to cut wages
The province is bringing in a new operating funding model that would cut salaries, benefits and sick days for certain centres. Read more.
https://theprovince.com/news/bc-daycare-providers-warn-they-may-leave-10-a-day-program-if-forced-to-cut-wages/wcm/6bd486fd-0f05-4647-bb5f-8103be180c74
3 months ago
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A reminder that BC has the most expensive child care in Canada Here’s the daily rates: Richmond $46.08 Surrey $38.87 Vancouver $34.10 Burnaby $32.53 Kelowna $24.01 Halifax $24.00 Windsor $22.00 Vaughan $22.00 Toronto $22.00 Richmond Hill $22.00
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The price is not right (yet): $10-a-day child care falling short of target - CCPA
By early 2026 parents in Canada should be able to put their young kids in child care for an average of $10 a day. With less than a year to go only six of 13 provinces and territories have met the targ...
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/the-price-is-not-right-yet-10-a-day-child-care-falling-short-of-target/
3 months ago
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Two fabulous future voters delivering an open letter to their MLA about the importance of quality $10aDay child care in BC
3 months ago
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Dogs are the best. My girl…
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3 months ago
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Women leaders in BC sign an open letter to Premier Eby
@davidebybc.bsky.social
calling on him to recommit to progress on quality affordable $10aDay child care
3 months ago
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Women leaders in BC call on Premier Eby to get $10aDay child care back on track
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Former NDP cabinet ministers say B.C. has ‘stalled’ on $10-a-day child-care plan | CBC News
Former NDP MLA and cabinet minister Katrina Chen, who helped implement B.C.’s $10-a-day child-care plan, is one of 23 signatories of a letter to Premier David Eby alleging his government is failing to...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/open-letter-10-a-day-child-care-b-c-katrina-chen-9.7043900?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar
3 months ago
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A reminder that parents in BC pay the highest child care fees in Canada: Richmond, B.C., tops the list at $46 a day for infants with Surrey, B.C., a close second at $39 a day roughly four times the $10-a-day target.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The price is not right (yet): $10-a-day child care falling short of target - CCPA
By early 2026 parents in Canada should be able to put their young kids in child care for an average of $10 a day. With less than a year to go only six of 13 provinces and territories have met the targ...
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/the-price-is-not-right-yet-10-a-day-child-care-falling-short-of-target/
3 months ago
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A lovely tribute to Hal Wake this morning - he had such a wonderful radio voice and the best morning radio name!
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Reuters
3 months ago
Norway's new car sales were 96% electric in 2025
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Norway's new car sales were 96% electric in 2025
Almost all new cars registered in Norway last year were fully electric, official data showed on Friday, headed by booming Tesla sales as the Nordic country cements its global lead in phasing out petrol and diesel-powered vehicles.
https://reut.rs/4betCVy
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A small child care policy loophole closed by the provincial government but is this just a distraction from the system-building announcements not being made?
cheknews.ca/b-c-child-ca...
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B.C. child care overtime cap a 'small distraction' from what should be main focus: advocate
A B.C. child care advocate calls the province's new childcare cost-saving initiative a "small distraction" from where it should be focused: increasing the number of $10-a-day programs in B.C.
https://cheknews.ca/b-c-child-care-overtime-cap-a-small-distraction-from-what-should-be-main-focus-advocate-1295376/
4 months ago
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I've just sent an email to Premier Eby, the Finance Minister and my MLA asking them to deliver what they promised, $10 a day child care. Please take one minute and do the same:
www.10aday.ca/get_to_work?...
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Get to Work
Premier Eby wants BC to "get to work" - but we can only do that if there’s enough affordable child care. Parents and grandparents can't work a full day without quality child care in place. BC’s econom...
https://www.10aday.ca/get_to_work?utm_campaign=fall_non_action_takers_follow&utm_medium=email&utm_source=10aday
4 months ago
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