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“Our government is committed to ensuring families in our province have access to quality affordable child-care,” said Manitoba Families Minister Rochelle Squires in a press release. “I’m pleased to announce the opening of two new child-care centres in Winnipeg to support families, as we continue on our path to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.”
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“Child-care is not a luxury, it’s a necessity,” said Ahmed Hussen, federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. “The pandemic has made it abundantly clear that we need affordable, flexible, inclusive and high-quality child-care, and these new spaces will allow more children to have the best possible start in life.”
The new permanent centre is being constructed by A&B Builders and is a joint venture between KAO, the Manitoba Metis Federation and Louis Riel Capital Corporation, with the provincial government’s Department of Families Early Learnign and Child Care Branch providing some of the funding. It will have space for 16 infants, 8 toddlers and 16 preschool children and it scheduled to open in the summer of 2021. Fundraising for the new centre has been assisted by the KAO board, volunteers and local businesses and organizations including Light of the North, the Thompson Regional Airport Authority and Crazy Pete’s U-Haul. Anyone who would like to assist with KAO’s ongoing fundraising efforts can contact KAO director Sandra Gagne.