Finance committee  I believe that the $1,200 measure has a different objective. The point is not that parents don't need money to pay the costs of educating their children but one should not believe that it is a childcare program. It doesn't create new spaces in any childcare program. That amount

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The New Brunswick Childcare Coalition is happy to appear before the Standing Committee on Finance . The Coalition is a nonprofit membership-based organization that includes individuals and organizations from across the province. We promote high quality,

Human Resources committee  The amount of $100 per month is available to all families, whatever their income. The way the program works means that a middle-income family with both parents working receives less money than a family with only one of the two parents working but at a higher salary, which allows

Human Resources committee  Obviously, it leaves parents no choice. Canada’s Universal Child Care Plan, which I talked about in my presentation, costs $250 million per year which, in fact, is a reduction of $950 million per year if we compare this plan to the $5 billion initiative over five years for childr

Human Resources committee  I want to start out by saying I will be making some of my remarks in French. The New Brunswick Child Care Coalition is pleased to appear before the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. The New Brunswick Child Car