Winnipeg Free Press: Province long way from promised preschool child-care spaces, frustrated advocates say
November 21, 2024 —
Dr. Susan Prentice, a professor in the department of sociology at the University of Manitoba and a member of the Child Care Coalition of Manitoba, called for a model of public management and delivery of child care.
As it stands, most centres in Manitoba are owned and operated by non-profit organizations.
“We rely on parent volunteers to start up and operate non-profit child-care centres… these volunteers are amazing, but it is a lot of work to ask parents of young children during the most time-starved years of their lives to run the services on which they rely,” Prentice said.
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