{"id":350588,"date":"2025-12-17T07:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T07:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350588\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T07:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T07:18:15","slug":"b-c-government-introduces-new-rules-regarding-child-care-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350588\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. government introduces new rules regarding child care hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. government is introducing new rules that should help reduce the cost of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/child-care\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">child care<\/a> for some families.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765485674_689_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Starting April 1, child care providers will be required to provide at least 9.5 hours of care before charging for extending hours.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, the provincial government says 95 per cent of child care providers are doing that, but now the remaining five per cent will have to adjust their hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamilies deserve predictability and fairness,\u201d Lisa Beare, Minister of Education and Child Care said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy setting a clear threshold, we\u2019re closing a loophole to make sure hard-working parents aren\u2019t paying more for a reasonable day of care. These changes protect the pocketbooks of B.C. families and establish consistency for providers, while maintaining their flexibility to design programs that meet community needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Child care advocates criticize lack of progress in $10-per-day programs'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WEB_10_dollar_PIC.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:02<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChild care advocates criticize lack of progress in $10-per-day programs\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11580359\/skate-canada-alberta-sport-transgender-law\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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to help families.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765813388_386_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been calling on the province for years to make this change so parents aren\u2019t gouged by unfair extra fees,\u201d Sharon Gregson with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody thinks that a full day of child care should really only be five or six hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gregson says the province has failed to live up to a promise made years ago for universal $10-a-day child care, as it is currently only offered by 10 per 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