Council wants to balance daycare taxes
PRINCE GEORGE – Chronically, there is a shortage of daycare seats, and the Province recently made changes to make the transition easier.
“In the last couple of years, childcare has moved from under the mandate of the Ministry of Children, Family Development to the Ministry of Education and now the Ministry of Education and Childcare,” explains Councillor Tim Bennett, a former School District trustee. “And with part of that, there’s a real push to create kind of wraparound supports for families and moving to a seamless day model where more and more childcare centers are moving into school district facilities.”
So a daycare like the one attached to Lac de Bois School is tax-exempt. However, a standalone daycare is not.