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ration of the plan told coun-
cillors recently that the need
for municipal involvement in
the provision of child care is
necessary in part to guide the
flow of resources from the
federal and provincial levels,

“We understood from the
beginning that the plan that
comes hack to council should
be based on a partnership,”
said Chudnovsky.

She also told council that

because they have “the least
access but are most likely to
live here.” *

This is based on statistics
that paint a bleak picture.

North Vancouver City is
particularly concerned
because it has the highest rate
of single-parent families in
the Lower Mainland «and
while not all of those are low
income earners, many are.

Statistics show that the
average monthly fee for one

spot in a group child care .

provincial average of $616.
The picture gets even worse
when the maximum provin-
cial subsidy rate of $585 is
considered.
North Shore
Neighbourhuod House
Executive’ Director Don.
Rutherford expressed his
organization's support for the
plan and added that “it may
be appropriate to consider
child care an essential service
in the event of labor issues.”
Many councillors were

centre for an infant on the
North Shore -in 1993 was
$831. This is compared to the

lower income earners in
North Vancouver City are
particularly disadvantaged

concerned with/using general
revenue to subsidize child
care, :

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