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Early childhood care act could bring B.C. in line with UN, advocate says

EXCERPTS VANCOUVER—Affordable child-care advocate Sharon Gregson said B.C. could soon...

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Pre-kindergarten classes risk hurting subsidized daycares: workers

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Elizabeth Warren to unveil sweeping plan for universal child care

The proposal could put the issue on top of the 2020 campaign agenda...

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32% of BC Children Enter Kindergarten with Some Form of Deficit in their Early Childhood Development...

Only 68% of BC children arrive at kindergarten meeting all of the healthy development benchmarks that they need to thrive both now and into the future… 32% of children are vulnerable to less than optimal physical, socio-emotional and cognitive development. (EDI, HELP UBC 2013)

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