AlO - Friday, September 14, 1984 - North Shore News

THE RESULTS of a

reveal how child care can
be improved in Canada.
The report, of interest to
those parents of afl in-
come levels who are
demanding that quality,
affordable child care be
made available, will also
include recommendations
on who should pay for
child care.

Arlene Gladstone is the
Executive Director of the
North Shore Family
Services.

Margie Goodman is a
North Vancouver School
District Trustee.

By JOANNE MacDONALD

government task force will,

‘“‘Neither the board of
directors or the agency has a
policy specifically on child
care, but we recognize there
is a lack of quality child
care. For parents who work,
good child care is essential
for children. The agency’s
‘goal is to enrich family life

‘and, as a result, we feel there

yhould be a commitment
from all facets of society to
provide this.

‘*‘There should be a part-
nership between gov-

ernment, labor, parents and
business to pay for day care.
And since statistics have
shown more parents" are
working these days, especial--
ly mothers with children
under the age of six who are
in the workforce rather than
at home with their children,
some quality, affordable
child care is necessary.

‘*Day care should be made
available to both = single
parent and two-paycheque

“There is a lack of quality child care.”

families, but there would
have to have different finan-
cial arrangements in those
cases. It depends on the in-
dividual income levels. As
for fulltime parents staying
at home who might use day
care, it would have to de-
pend on their needs.

‘“*As far as the pupil-
teacher ratio is concerned, it
depends on the age of the
child. If it involves infants,
they should be in groups
with a smaller ratio than the

older kids’ groups. The older
kids are used to playing in
larger groups with several
children.

““I would have to disagr
that day cafe has become-i
middle class or high class
commodity. Up to now, the
governments have only fi-
nanced day care for people
who are poor or on welfare.
But they haven’t yet taken
into account those parents
who have held down jobs
and used day care, as well.”

“I don’t think at this
point, with our economy the
way it is, that we can afford
comprehensive day care. So

many things are free in
society. It’s made too easy
for ople. We definitely

need good day care and rules
and regulation should be
met regarding day care. But
we're becoming a womb to
tomb society, in that people’
believe the government will
look after them no matter
what.

‘‘What we're lacking m
this country is for people to
be motivated to find their
own resources. If day care is
provided and paid for by the
provincial or federal gov-
ernment, that’s giving a real
kick to free enterprise. 1
don’t think the government
can run anything cheaper
than free enterprise can.
We're always getting mixed
up in red tape and
bureaucrats.

**The user-pay system is

‘‘The user-pay system is adequate.’

adequate for day care. If this
is supposed to be a free
enterprise systém, day care
should be paid for by the
people using it. There could
be a subsidy in the case of
people on welfare, but only
if these people are out learn-
ing new skills. Such cases

should be carefully
monitored. At this point,
some research should be

done on comparative costs
of day care and just what
percentage should be paid to

#

NEWS photo lan Smith

VANCOUVER-BOUND MOTORISTS had their rush hour disrupted cven more than it has been by heavy traffic when a

motor vehicle accident on the Stanley Park Causeway backed up traffic early Wednesday. The woman being attended to
by police suffered minor injuries.

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“*If we can only get away
from the philosophy that
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