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Winnipeg Free Press
Province has paid out only 20 per cent of fund
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Families Minister Rochelle Squires says her department has paid out about $1.69 million or 20 per cent of an $8.5-million fund created to add home and workplace daycare spaces as the economy recovered from the pandemic.
The Manitoba government has paid out only 20 per cent of a fund that was created to expand child care.
The Manitoba government has paid out only 20 per cent of a fund that was created to expand child care.
In August, the province announced the $8.5-million fund to add home and workplace daycare spaces as the economy recovered from the pandemic. The Manitoba and Winnipeg chambers of commerce partnered to help administer four streams of one-time start-up grants approved by the Families Department.