- Pledges $25 million for 12,000 new, public and community-operated child care spaces, including 100 in the St. James neighbourhood. (1)
- Promises to move most school-age spaces into schools to make child care even more convenient for parents, and to create more infant and preschool spaces in schools. (1)
- Is committed to doubling employment opportunities and increasing wages for child care workers. (1)
- Promises to invest $375,000 to promote healthy eating for young children by encouraging positive eating environments in child-care settings. (2)
- Pledges $1000 grants for parent councils to offset child minding costs. (3)
- Introduced a bill advocating Customary Care, which would allow children in Child and Family Services care to stay in their communities, but the bill failed to pass. (4)
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- Promises to simplify the process of opening home-based child care centres and increase funding for home-based child care spaces for: infants by 70%, preschool-aged children by 68%, and school-aged children by 15%. (5)
- Pledges to increase incentives for Manitobans to train as Early Childhood Educators by providing more post-secondary scholarships and bursaries. (5)
- Endeavours to build 550 new child care spaces this year, especially in schools, through social enterprise initiatives (including with the organization Family Dynamics) and public-private partnerships. (5, 6)
- Is committed to reducing the number of children in Child and Family Services care by improving the economy. (7)
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- Pledges to increase spending on child care by $30 million, to be put toward new and rehabilitated spaces as well as increased training and salaries for child care workers. (8)
- Promises to reduce number of children in Child and Family Services care in half by spending more money on working toward family supports than on apprehending children. (9)
- Pledges to give children the option to remain in Child and Family Services care until age 25. (9)
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- Pledges to establish a universal provincially funded child care system. (10)
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