We’ve all heard the stories of women struggling due to a lack of affordable child care. I’ve heard stories of women in my community who have been forced out of the workforce due to a lack of affordable options. Stories of mothers struggling to make ends meet due to high child care costs. Stories of […]
Child Care
Action on Affordability
There are many things I love about serving my community as an MLA, but topping the list is when I meet people whose lives have been positively impacted by the work of our government. This happened recently when I met Gordon, who lives in my constituency of Esquimalt-Metchosin. Gordon is on a CPP disability pension, […]
Moving kids from long waitlists into learning centres
For far too long families across the province have struggled to find affordable, quality care for their children. In some communities, it’s because there aren’t enough spaces, and in some, because there aren’t enough staff. Being only accessible by ferry means that families on the upper and lower Sunshine Coast have had a particularly […]
After years of inaction on child care, help is finally on the way.
When it comes to child care, families deserved much more than what they got under the previous BC Liberal government. I have heard countless stories over the years from couples who were forced to raise their families on just one income because the cost of child care was as much or more than the […]