Horgan says monthly child care fees to drop $350 on April 1 for some parents

COQUITLAM, B.C. – Premier John Horgan says support in the budget for child care is among the first steps towards the NDP’s promise of a $10-a-day program.

He says starting April 1, monthly fees for children in licensed child-care centres will drop by as much as $350.

The fee reduction is available to families with children up to kindergarten age who go to licensed child care and whose providers opt into the program.

Horgan says the government’s $1 billion, three-year plan to build a universal child-care system announced last month aims to create more than 22,000 new licensed child-care spaces and cuts costs for up to 86,000 families.