Day care funding boost reaches 63 million in province
The budget adds 9.1 million for day care expanding spaces to 20 000 province wide and reducing rate spaces to 11 000. It funds programs to integrate 1 000 disabled children, raises ECE wages by about 2 an hour to 11 56, and aims to address staffing shortages amid near crisis vacancies.
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NDP Moves To Tighten Access To Government Information
Culture Minister Diane McGifford announced a review of FIPPA to balance public right to know with limited resources. Ombudsman findings accuse the government of delays and inflated fees in accessing information, while critics call the move a bid to shelter officials from scrutiny.
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Tory leadership race narrows as Praznik withdraws
MLA Darren Praznik dropped out citing fundraising woes, leaving Stuart Murray as the sole candidate for the provincial leadership with the convention scheduled for November 3. If no rivals emerge by month’s end, Murray is favored to win.
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Opposition NDP decries Canada's access laws as worsened
The NDP, once reliant on access to information to pressure the Tories, criticizes the worst legislation in Canada now seen as even worse. McGifford urges citizens to submit representations on desired changes.
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