Who knew that childcare would Manitoba provides more operational punch through as a key funding to childcare services than most priority in a global pandemic? provinces, but centres are nevertheless The illusion that childcare is a simple financially stretched. [...] Why are the policy tools missing? Nearly Although this will barely fund three phone all centre-based childcare services weeks, it is a short-term lifeline for (204) 927-3200 are delivered by the charitable and chronically under-funded centres and voluntary sector, and a smaller number their low paid educators. [...] Relying on individual women clear that we are at the end of the hoary in their private homes (or sometimes, illusion that childcare is just a private working as a team of two) – where a variety matter. [...] For the same reasons we build of family members and other potential public services in other sectors, we need virus carriers come and go – to provide a to redesign childcare policy. [...] services could – with proper support – be Pandemic or not, without this political redeployed? understanding, we will never implement Much better would be to ensure that the policy mechanisms and infrastructure existing non-profit centres have the that early learning and childcare requires – funding and support they need to safely neither during this global crisis, nor for the care for the children.
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