March 29, 2024

BCGEU uses Family Day to urge the Province to implement affordable childcare

The BC Government and Service Employees’ Union is using Family Day to push for more affordable childcare in this province.

“We’re calling for a daycare system, a universal daycare system that everybody is able to tap into, that the people are well-paid and well educated, and we believe that at about ten dollars a day, families should be able to I think, make do with that,” says Union President, Darryl Walker.

Walker adds the average cost for British Columbians is around nine thousand dollars a year for a two year old child.

He says in Vancouver, the amount jumps to fourteen thousand dollars a year.

The union is launching some online videos, and a website where families can petition the Government and opposition.

More than fifteen-hundred early childhood educations in the province are represented by the union.

CKNW Vancouver News

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