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Childcare platforms

Here's what the 2023 PEI election parties are promising.

PC
  • Pilot extended-hour childcare facilities close to hospitals

    "Pilot extended-hour childcare facilities that are in close proximity to our hospitals" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

  • Pilot a universal afterschool programme for K-6

    "Work with existing providers and engage with our school system to pilot a universal afterschool program for grades K to 6 and develop an action plan to expand the program to all areas of the province" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

  • Create a $20M fund to provide grants to Early Learning Centres to expand
  • Give grants to private developers who build childcare centres into multi-unit buildings in under-served regions
  • Start a national recruitment campaign for Early Childhood Educators to live and work in PEI
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  • Create a pension plan for Early Childhood Educators this year
  • Designate six more early learning centres this year
  • Build childcare centres in all new public buildings, until wait lists are eliminated

Green
  • Create a capital fund for building new childhood centres, and maintaining existing ones

    "Create a capital fund to build new childcare centres, expand existing ones, and keep centres from closing." — 2023 Election Platform, 2023-03-23

  • Make it easier for individuals to open in-home childcare centres

    "Encourage more individuals to open in-home childcare centres by making the process easier and financially viable." — 2023 Election Platform, 2023-03-23

  • Immediately increase wages for early childhood educators to at least a living wage
  • Add flexible childcare services in or near healthcare facilities

    "Create childcare services within or near healthcare facilities that are flexible to meet the needs of shift workers." — peigreens.ca backgrounder, 2023-03-13

  • Negotiate with the federal government for further funding to reduce childcare costs
  • Increase the number of childcare spaces

Liberal
  • Build new facilities in rural areas
  • Increase grants for renovating and expanding existing childcare centres

    "Increasing renovation grants to expand existing centres/spaces that reflect actual building costs" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

  • Work with the childcare sector to develop a recruitment and retention programme

    "Working with the sector to develop a sustained, long-term recruitment and retention program in order to ensure the required workforce to support expanded spaces" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

  • Support training and professional development opportunities fro childcare staff
  • Create a programme to fund school-age centres

    "Creating a funding program for school-age centres to support the requirements of parents requiring extended hours of coverage for their children" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

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NDP
  • Increase wages of childcare workers
  • Develop province-wide before- and after-school childcare programmes
  • Implement free, universal public childcare

    "Go above and beyond the current federal child care initiative to establish permanent, free and universal public child care – creating jobs and helping Islanders get back to work." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

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