Policy Recommendations

Complete BC’s $10-a-Day childcare system

Transition all interested childcare programs to $10-a-Day sites and prioritize the creation of $10-a-Day ChildCareBC centres in childcare deserts. 

Recognize shift workers and their needs

Provide $10-a-Day childcare options that provide flexible hours and recognize nonstandard shift work.

Provide public before-and-after school childcare 

Establish full province-wide public delivery of before-and-after-school care in our public school system. 

Ensure childcare jobs are fair and secure

Implement an Early Childhood Educator provincial wage grid starting at $30-$40/hour. 

Invest in childcare infrastructure across BC

Provide a capital budget and plan to create more nonprofit, public, and Indigenous childcare programs across the province and a capital infrastructure project to construct prefabricated high-quality childcare centres using BC products and labour.

Include counselling in BC's health care system

Make counselling a fully MSP-billable service within BC’s health care system and provide a minimum of 24 hours of counselling per year, per person, for low-income individuals.

Reform BC's School Act to Uphold Anti-Racism in BC's K-12 System

Legislate and uphold every child and youth’s right to a public Kindergarten to Grade 12 public education system free and safe from the harms of racism and stigma.

Build more non-market housing in BC

Accelerate the building of all forms of affordable non-market housing with 25,000 new units per year targeted for families with incomes below $90,000.

Upgrade BC’s affordable housing stock

Invest in upgrades and renovations to ensure BC’s aging affordable housing stock is safe, healthy and secure with adequate insulation and zero mold and pests.

Make housing a human right in BC

Legislate housing as a human right in BC and develop a rights-based housing strategy with an Indigenous Gender-Based Analysis Plus (IGBA+) lens.

Expand holistic trauma-informed legal aid services

Provide increased funding for Legal Aid BC’s new holistic clinic model for families impacted by family violence, clinic satellite services throughout BC, and additional legal aid hours for eligible applicants available should the clinics be at capacity to ensure low-income parents and caregivers can access justice in family law. 

Free transit for all youth under 18

Extend the provincial Get on Board program to include free transit for all youth up to age 18 in every transit system in BC.

Make transit more accessible for families

Develop a Child, Youth and Family Friendly Transit Policy Framework and Introduce a ‘Family Fare’ model where parents and caregivers pay a reduced fee when accompanying children 12 and under.

Promote school travel via transit and active transportation

Increase service and location of stops adjacent to elementary and high schools: expand transit routes and frequency near schools, community centers, family services, and shopping hubs. Ensure safe bike routes to all schools.

Reduce air pollution around schools and support active communities

Provide support and funding for Walking School Buses and Play and School Streets at interested schools throughout BC.