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From YouTube: JULY 29 2020 Statements Bob D'Eith
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
A
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker.
If
it
wasn't
already
apparent,
this
pandemic
has
brought
to
the
forefront
the
need
for
affordable,
accessible
child
care.
A
Now
the
government's
also
invested
38
million
dollars
provincially
through
the
temporary
emergency
funding
program
to
help
keep
child
care
spaces
open
during
the
pandemic
and
as
of
mid-july,
childcare
providers
in
maple
ridge
admission
have
received
three
million
dollars
from
this
fund
and,
more
specifically,
in
my
riding
over
40
child
care
organizations,
receive
temporary
emergency
funding.
My
office
reached
out
to
several
many
are
in-home
care
providers
such
as
fatoma
hassani
of
first
choice,
daycare
and
july
abramek
of
exploring
minds,
child
care
and
bluebirds
early
learning.
A
My
office
also
heard
initial
concerns
that
providers
had
about
keeping
their
kids
safe
and
adding
burdens
for
a
hygiene,
but
nevertheless,
operators
now
feel
confident
with
their
operating
and
half
a
dozen
child
care
providers
spoke
to
my
office
about
how
effective
the
temporary
emergency
funding
was.
We
also
got
a
lot
of
heartwarming
stories,
buds
and
blossoms
and
missions.
Some
of
the
older
kids
are
helping
their
younger
kids
practice
hygiene.