The governments of Canada and British Columbia are making significant investments in early learning and child-care systems to improve children’s continuous development and support them in reaching their full potential.

Budget 2018 carves a new path to shared prosperity for everyone in the province with a made-in-B.C. child-care plan, a comprehensive housing plan and record levels of capital investment in every corner of the province, Finance Minister Carole James announced today.

It’s beginning to feel a lot like that festive time of year for Shi Ning, a registry administrator with the adoption and permanency team at the Ministry of Children and Family Development in Victoria.

British Columbia families will benefit from thousands of new licensed child-care spaces throughout B.C., announced Minister of Children and Family Development Katrine Conroy and Minister of State for Child Care Katrina Chen.

Eight-year-old Syanna* got to choose a new pink plaid and black taffeta dress for Nov. 8, the day she was invited to the B.C. Parliament Buildings to meet other adoptive families at a gathering hosted by Minister of Children and Family Development Katrine Conroy.

Like most adoptive parents, Sanjeeta and Jeremy Dewey had been on an emotional journey trying to have a child. The difference in their situation was that this was their second child. Part of their journey included fertility treatment. When that didn’t work, they thought they had come to terms with the outcome.

Premature babies and their parents throughout British Columbia will now benefit from an innovative skin-to-skin attachment program that has long-term benefits for both mom and baby.