B.C. Liberals promise 60,000 new childcare spots with $1 billion in spending
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Liberals are promising to spend $1 billion in early childhood education over the next four years as the party faces a confidence vote in the legislature that is expected to bring down their minority government.
Premier Christy Clark said Wednesday the money would create 60,000 childcare spots in addition to the 13,000 already promised in the last budget.
Families earning up to $60,000 a year would receive full subsidies for care, while families earning up to $100,000 would get partial subsidies, Clark said.
“That means that about 150,000 children will be eligible to get a subsidy to make childcare more affordable for them once their parents have found one of those new spaces,” she said.