Scott's DiaTribes » national childcare http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:17:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Liberals and Iggy promise national childcare program http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2010/02/02/liberals-and-iggy-promise-national-childcare-program/ http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2010/02/02/liberals-and-iggy-promise-national-childcare-program/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:29:48 +0000 Scott Tribe http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/?p=7718 It’s been nice to see not only the Liberals capitalize on the Conservatives proroguing of Parliament by showing up for work on the Hill, but actually doing some substantive announcements and round-tables on policy, and this is probably their biggest and best one to date – promising to implement a national childcare/daycare program, regardless of how big the deficit is:

Ignatieff unequivocally declared on Monday that if he becomes prime minister, there will be no delay in delivering a national program – and lack of money won’t be an excuse. “This is the number one social priority of an incoming Liberal government,” Ignatieff said during a break in an [...]]]> http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2010/02/02/liberals-and-iggy-promise-national-childcare-program/feed/ 16