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“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” ~~ John G. Diefenbaker

The only “every child” he speaks of will be from those families using government sponsored child care facilities, under a program that will inevitably need to be approved, including content, by government


Since writing todays blog post a short-time ago, it has now been announced that the BC government is spending (some would say) or investing (others would say) more than $1 billion in child care over the next three years, to lay the foundation for a universal child care system, Under ChildCare BC.

Katrina Chen, Minister of State of Child Care

The media release titled, “New benefit helps 60,000 more families with child care expenses”, states that the NDP will announce the child care facilities that have been selected as prototype sites to offer child care at $10 a day or less. (please read my earlier post from today regarding how the government is slowly but surely taking over all child care options, and why this may not be a good idea).

IF, as the government states, the Affordable Child Care Benefit works in tandem with the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative, this will mean it will ONLY available to authorized government child care facilities – excluding once again affordable quality home-care providers.

Katrina Chen, Minister of State of Child Care shared today that, “We’ve made a lot of changes since announcing our $1-billion ChildCare BC plan in February, and there’s more to come.”


Premier John Horgan, in a letter on July 18th of last year, to Minister Katrina Chen, told her, “British Columbians expect our government to work together to advance the public good. That means seeking out, fostering, and advancing good ideas regardless of which side of the house they come from.”

His letter to her goes on to state she is to:
“Work … to implement a universal child-care plan that provides affordable, accessible and high-quality care and early learning to every child whose family wants or needs it, starting with infant/toddler programs before gradually expanding.”

That is NOT TRUE however, as.

That should also include the public – the people of BC.  All I can say is I am concerned when big government, and the Nanny State, tells us they’ll have more for us shortly on the first steps of what goes in to child-rearing, and where and how it takes place. 

Heaven help us, and future generations, that will be spoon fed from cradle to grave, if we allow what’s happening to continue.

In Kamloops, I’m Alan Forseth, and I hope you’ll join the discussion.  Do you agree?  Let me know by posting your thoughts in the Comment Section directly below.
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  1. Sharon GregsonSeptember 6, 2018 at 6:13 PM

    Licensed family child care providers are eligible for the fee reduction initiative and in fact most have already opted-in.

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  2. Alan ForsethSeptember 6, 2018 at 7:45 PM

    Yes ... 'licensed'

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