Vancouver City Council |
MOTION ON NOTICE
For City of Vancouver Council Meeting on May 13, 2003
MOVER: Councillor Anne Roberts
SECONDER: Councillor
WHEREAS, access to quality daycare is vital to children of working families to promote healthy development and school readiness in children while supporting a strong economy and labour force participation;
AND WHEREAS, the City of Vancouver has long recognized and advocated for adequate and stable funding to ensure a high quality, affordable and accessible childcare system;
AND WHEREAS, the City of Vancouver has taken leadership in childcare at the municipal level, building what has been assessed as the highest quality childcare in Canada;
AND WHEREAS, recent provincial government cuts to childcare subsidies are creating a two-tiered system, with childcare for those who can afford it and unregulated child minding or less for those who cannot;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, the City of Vancouver call on the provincial government to meet with the City to find solutions to the childcare crisis, and reposition British Columbia as a national leader in childcare;
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that, City Council ask city staff to provide a report on measures the city can take on an urgent basis to protect the availability of childcare spaces and programs in the city.
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