Centre for Family Equity

Centre for Family Equity highlights affordable childcare in BC

By: Manal Kashif, SFU Student On October 9, the Centre for Family Equity released a statement on the “importance of continued government investment to expand the publicly funded $10-a-day childcare system.” This system allows parents and caregivers to access affordable childcare spaces for just $10 daily.  The Peak interviewed Viveca Ellis, executive director at the Centre for Family Equity, which “addresses family poverty in BC.” Ellis described some of the challenges around the cost of childcare that single mothers living below the poverty line in BC have been speaking on for about a decade.  She said “sometimes the cost of…

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