Vaughn Palmer: 'Quality' NDP child care plan experiences a bumpy rash

VICTORIA — Making election promises is easy, governing much harder, as the New Democrats are discovering with their vow to deliver universal child care.
The promise was simplicity itself: “We will bring in $10-a-day child care,” was near the top of the ambitious platform the NDP released before last spring’s election.
The hedging began within weeks of them taking office in midsummer. Gone from the September budget update was the promised $175 million first instalment on t