Year of the Child exposes limits of platitudes in policy
The piece argues that political Year of the Child rhetoric masks inadequate preventive funding for child care. It notes budgets, caseloads, and crisis response constrain workers, and warns prevention costs less than future social costs like crime and unemployment. Mia Pringle critiques the sincerity of official assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NDP
Tory
Mia Pringle
National Children’s Bureau of
Great Britain
Welfare conference highlights need for preventive care funding
Welfare League delegates in Winnipeg hear Government focus on long term child care. Pringle urges education of politicians and public to fund preventive programs while Waterhen residents demand local nursing station and timely medical access for remote Manitoba communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare League of America
Winnipeg
Bud Sherman
Pringle
Ste. Rose
Waterhen
Carriere
Manitoba
Neighboring Weeklies Note Longtime Foyer Leader Turns 100
Yves Guillemin of the Foyer in Notre Dame de Lourdes celebrated his 100th birthday on June 3. Local reports also note recent fires in Baldur and near Souris with vehicles damaged or destroyed. Rocanville hosts a Queen contest for its 75th Anniversary this summer featuring three local women. Shoal Lake restricts lawn watering to gardens only between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.
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Yves Guillemin
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Baldur
Trygg Johnson
Rocanville
Sask
Souris
Shoal Lake
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