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“Our government is committed to ensuring families in our province have access to quality affordable child-care,” said Manitoba Families Minister Rochelle Squires in a press release. “I’m pleased to announce the opening of two new child-care centres in Winnipeg to support families, as we continue on our path to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.”
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“Child-care is not a luxury, it’s a necessity,” said Ahmed Hussen, federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. “The pandemic has made it abundantly clear that we need affordable, flexible, inclusive and high-quality child-care, and these new spaces will allow more children to have the best possible start in life.”
Support extended to offset child-care sector’s losses, cover fees for families during remote learning
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The Manitoba government is extending financial support to protect families and early learning and child-care (ELCC) facilities affected by the move to remote learning as part of the province’s public health measures, and is increasing the funding by $500,000 to bring the investment to $2.4 million.
“Our government has been regularly communicating with the early learning and child-care sector and parents throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure we are providing targeted and responsive supports,” said Families Minister Rochelle Squires. “Service providers have told us the extension of remote learning will result in increased financial pressures due to the loss of parent fees and we are pleased to provide this protection.”