B.C. commits $1-billion to launch ‘universal’ child-care initiative

 
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British Columbia's NDP government has taken the first steps toward becoming the only province outside Quebec with a publicly funded daycare system, launched with a $1-billion investment over three years.
Although the NDP backed off its election campaign promise of a Quebec-style $10-a-day childcare system, the plan outlined on Tuesday pledges a "universal" child-care initiative that will create 22,000 new child-care spaces, offer child-care subsidies to tens of thousands of fami