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Childcare platforms

Here's what the 2023 Manitoba election parties are promising.

PC
  • Open four ready-to-move childcare centres in Winnipeg with 642 new spaces
  • Expand $10-a-day childcare to include in-service days and summer holidays

NDP
  • Bring in $10/day childcare all year, including summer months, with flexible hours

    "Today in Rossmere Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew, joined by young families, committed to making childcare work for every Manitoban. Kinew promised an NDP government would expand the $10/day program to include summer months for school age children and make childcare hours more flexible for shift workers." — mbndp.ca, 2023-08-20

Liberal
  • Expand $10-a-day childcare to school-aged children
  • Ensure charitable providers are eligible for 100% of infrastructure costs
  • Increase wages and benefits for early childhood educators
  • Create a public registry of land and buildings that could be used for new childcare spaces
  • Create a single online portal for registering for childcare spaces

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