Next Manitoba budget will boost child-care worker wages, number of spaces
The Manitoba budget, set to be delivered Tuesday, will include more money for child care and a smaller deficit, Finance Minister Adrien Sala said Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-budget-2026-child-care-worker-wages-spaces-9.7136658?cmp=rss
Manitoba’s upcoming budget to boost child care funding: finance minister
Manitoba’s upcoming budget will include more child care funding and a smaller deficit, as the NDP government aims to balance finances by 2027.
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Manitoba’s upcoming budget to boost child care funding: finance minister
Manitoba’s upcoming budget will include more child care funding and a smaller deficit, as the NDP government aims to balance finances by 2027.
#Canada #ChildCare #Manitobabudget #Manitobadaycare
https://globalnews.ca/news/11740005/mba-budget/
Manitoba’s upcoming budget to boost child care funding: finance minister
Manitoba’s upcoming budget will include more child care funding and a smaller deficit, as the NDP government aims to balance finances by 2027.
#Canada #ChildCare #Manitobabudget #Manitobadaycare
https://globalnews.ca/news/11740005/mba-budget/
It’s always been a fight to get children the early years care they deserve. It’s time to fight again | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/20/early-years-care-free-for-all-labour-fight #Childcare #Children #Education #Labour #Politics #UkNews #Society #TaxAndSpending
It’s always been a fight to get children the early years care they deserve. It’s time to fight again

Labour recognises how crucial education is at the start of life, but still the poorest children are missing out, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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'We couldn't do without it': Fears for mobile preschool as petrol prices rise
By Ben Clifford and Giselle Wakatama

Mobile services travelling across regional New South Wales say rising petrol prices are putting early childcare education at risk.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/rising-petrol-prices-raise-concerns-mobile-preschool/106446818

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'We couldn't do without it': Fears for mobile preschool as petrol prices rise

Mobile services travelling across regional New South Wales say rising petrol prices are putting early childcare education at risk. 

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Advocate, parent decry lack of wage increase for child-care workers in updated plan
Updates to the program manual coming into effect on April 1 don't include wage increases, or a pension plan, says advocate Patrice Gordon, and fall short of supporting a workforce who is feeling financially stressed and overworked.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/early-childhood-educators-operating-grant-program-child-care-nl-9.7127920?cmp=rss