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17%
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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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B.C. NDP Leader David Eby gets $10-a-day child care.
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Eby → get → care
Opponents are outraged
Eby's family has accessed subsidized child-care program which Conservative opponents say is 'shocking'
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby is defending his family's enrolment in the provincial $10-a-day child-care program.
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Eby → access → program
Eby is under attack from Conservatives who say his "wealthy family" should not benefit from the program that they say is inaccessible to many low-income families.
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they → say → families
In a post on X Monday, Eby said one of his children was already attending a child-care centre when it was designated as a $10-a-day site.
"When that occurred, we chose as a family to make a donation to that excellent facility," Eby said.
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Eby → say → facility
"We felt that we did not need that discount and we wanted to make sure that the child-care centre could provide other supports for families in the community."
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centre → feel → community
Eby said his family will make a similar donation to the child-care centre for their youngest child who attends the same facility.
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who → say → facility
At a news conference on Tuesday, Eby would not specify the donation amount or if it was used as a tax write off.
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it → specify → off
"We certainly didn't need that discount," Eby said.
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Eby → need → discount
"We paid the difference between what it was before and what it was after the $10-a-day daycare," he added.
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he → pay → daycare
Now, Eby is taking heat from the B.C. Conservatives during the snap provincial election campaign.
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Eby → take → campaign
"It's shocking to learn that while hundreds of thousands of British Columbians are struggling with the most expensive child care in the country, David Eby's family landed a plum $10-a-day child care spot," said Margareta Dovgal, the B.C. Conservative candidate for Vancouver-Yaletown, in a news release Monday.
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Dovgal → learn → release
The Conservatives called attention to Eby's compensation from 2025 to 2026 as premier, which totalled more than $226,000, and criticized his "wealthy family" for benefiting from the subsidized child-care program.
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which → call → program
After Eby's Tuesday news conference, Dovgal said Eby was dodging the tough questions.
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Eby → say → questions
"David Eby should look a working single mother paying thousands in childcare costs in the eye explaining why his wealthy, powerful family deserves $10/day childcare first," Dovgal said in a second news release.
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Dovgal → look → release
"David Eby is trying to defend the indefensible, as British Columbians are seeing Eby for the opportunistic hypocrite he is."
The Conservatives are demanding Eby answer a number of questions, including around the value and proof of his first donation, whether it was a tax write-off, and more information on the value of the second planned donation.
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it → try → donation
The $10-a-day program is operated by independent businesses who have chosen to participate; access to one of the facilities is based on each location's licensed capacity and waitlist, according to the provincial government.
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access → operate → government
When a child-care centre is approved to be a part of the $10-a-day program, the child's space is automatically converted into the $10-a-day program, according to a provincial Q&A webpage.
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space → approve → webpage
According to the webpage, which was last updated in 2024, there were more than 13,200 $10-a-day child-care spaces throughout B.C.
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which → accord → B.C.
The Ministry of Education and Child Care would not provide an updated number of spaces as the government is in a temporary caretaker mode due to the election.
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government → provide → election
The B.C. NDP say their Conservative opponents "have been silent" around whether their party would reverse child care fee caps.
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party → say → caps
Eby said Tuesday the Conservatives are proposing to cut certain child-care programs.
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Conservatives → say → programs
However, the Conservatives have not laid out their plan yet.
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Conservatives → lay → plan
CBC News has reached out to the B.C. Conservatives for their child-care proposals.
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News → reach → proposals
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