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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Province Vows To Spend More On Young Children

The provincial government is talking about the need to cut its spending but will be allocating more dollars to early childhood education and development.

We get that word from Provincial Education Minister Jody Carr who made a stop on the city to speak to a 3 day conference called valuing our children.

Carr tells CHSJ News the government knows what it wants to accomplish which is to increase the number of licensed daycare spaces in the province from 20 thousand to 30 thousand in four years time with greater accessibility and inclusiveness.

Carr says if you spend money on children when they're young, you won't have to spend more down the road on healthcare, social assistance and the criminal justice system.