$10aDay Child Care

Advocating for $10aDay solution to the child care crisis facing families with young children. More spaces, lower fees, higher quality, better wages for ECEs

[Sharon Gregson @sharongregson]

Read the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC response to @bcndp child care announcement today https://t.co/r9q6Gw3Ujb

[The Vancouver Sun @VancouverSun]

This new Vancouver daycare is sitting empty, despite massive a wait-list. Advocates say this may become more common https://t.co/zfNln7rUt6

[Sharon Gregson @sharongregson]

Important to know that organizations had to choose to apply to become $10aDay sites. So only those who applied and then were subsequently approved by the Ministry, according to their criteria, are $10aDay now.

[Karyn Sutherland @KarynSutherland]

@vinne88755581 @sharongregson @vancolour As the director of a licensed early learning centre, I can tell you children aren’t just being supervised. By age 5, a child’s brain reaches about 90% of its adult size. Language, problem-solving, & self-regulation are built in these years, and certified ECEs guide that learning

[Sharon Gregson @sharongregson]

What’s newsworthy here is not that Premier Eby has access to $10aDay child care - but rather that not every family does. https://t.co/eFXweGdt05

[Sharon Gregson @sharongregson]

You don’t pay the full cost of K-12 education or cancer treatment or a heart operation if you need one - child care should also be an essential public service.

[Mike Lombardi🇨🇦 @LombardiMike]

As a proud BC grandfather/nonno, I believe that @10aDaychildcare should be available for EVERY child! Universal childcare benefits children, families, and our economy. @Dave_Eby and @bcndp
candidates—time for action now!

#BCPoli #10aDay @sharongregson @childcarebc

[Karyn Sutherland @KarynSutherland]

@Prominent_Bryan Completely agree on the inequity. Our not-for-profit has been trying to join the program for years without success. I disagree on point two, though. It benefits families of every income. The real problem is too few affordable, quality spaces, especially outside the big cities

[$10aDay Child Care @10aDayPlan]

$10aDay child care is affordable to implement because it generates significant revenues for government when more parents (women) are able to enter the workforce and pay taxes. https://t.co/5ZvLjrLn1e

[Ken H Lane @knews_knotes]

@LombardiMike @Dave_Eby @bcndp @10aDayPlan @sharongregson The 2024 budget item to support $10 a day daycare in BC was $1.9 billion, a good portion of which came from the federal level. Given BC's indebtedness is now the same as that of Ontario, the plan is unaffordable.

[Sharon Gregson @sharongregson]

The point is all families should be able to access $10aDay child care the same way all families can access Kindergarten if they choose to. What makes this so upsetting is that the government paused expansion on $10aDay this year instead of working to ensure it becomes universal.

[Sharon Gregson @sharongregson]

@JaredinLangley @LombardiMike @Dave_Eby @bcndp @10aDayPlan The solution is not to ration the few existing spaces - the solution is to expand $10aDay to all programs with a funding formula to ensure all children have quality care and all educators are qualified and fairly compensated #10adaychildcare

[Jordan Armstrong @jarmstrongbc]

WATCH: 10% of BC families have access to $10 a day child care. David Eby is among them. Earlier this year, his government 'paused' expansion of the program. A program his predecessor promised to make universal.

#bcpoli
@GlobalBC
@CUrquhartGlobal

[Sharon Gregson @sharongregson]

The point is all families should be able to access $10aDay child care the same way all families can access Kindergarten if they choose to. What makes this so upsetting is that the government paused expansion on $10aDay this year instead of working to ensure it becomes universal.

[Karyn Sutherland @KarynSutherland]

@Pagmenzies Every child deserves access. The real problem is not enough quality, affordable spaces. Families in need are struggling, and with the federal funding BC has received, we should have far more by now.

[Karyn Sutherland @KarynSutherland]

@gavindew .@gavindew Affordable child care has been life-changing for the families we serve, and so many more are hoping for a space. I’d genuinely welcome hearing your plan to expand access for every BC family

[Sharon Gregson @sharongregson]

Exactly - we want all children to have the benefits of quality $10aDay child care - the problem is that expansion of the system has been paused and needs to be re-started #10adaychildcare

[Karyn Sutherland @KarynSutherland]

While it’s evident this is an election revelation- we would love to know how the @BCConservCaucus would support childcare

[Karyn Sutherland @KarynSutherland]

@vinne88755581 @sharongregson @vancolour We don’t means-test grade one. Learning doesn’t start at five, so why should public support?

[Karyn Sutherland @KarynSutherland]

@Conservative_BC Universal programs build stronger systems. When everyone uses a service, everyone has a stake in its quality. Programs only for low-income families tend to get underfunded and stigmatized, which is part of why public schools have broad support. #toofew$10spaces

[Sharon Gregson @sharongregson]

Heather Maahs is not correct. $10aDay is not a failure. It just needs better implementation to support children, families, educators and the economy. #10adaychildcare @Conservative_BC