Editorial: Uncertainty clouds child-care subsidy program
Parents looking forward to a reduction in child-care costs under a subsidy program introduced by the NDP government in the B.C. budget in February may be disappointed. Many child-care providers plan to delay opting into the program — or not opting in at all — arguing that they’re uncertain about how the program will affect their business and that the deadline of March 27 to sign up for an April 1 start is too tight.
The way the program is supposed to work is that th
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