TO: Mayor & Council

FROM: Alderman P.F. Ranger

Why you should vote "yes" for the passage of By-law No. 1255
(Day Care for children).

It is a fact that social conditions today dictate that many a mother
must leave her family in the care of someone else while she goes to work in
order to supplement the family income. Whether you agree or not, it is a facr.

It then follows that, as Aldermen, it is our responsibility to provide

the framework under which individuals can set up to care for the children of

working mothers. Without the proper legal framework for day care, mothers are

forced te leave their children with adults who; may or may not be qualified to
care for their children; may or may not have adequate or safe physical facilities
to provide the children with healthy and safe accommodation; May or may not issue
a receipt upon payment so the mother may deduct the costs of day care when filing
an income tax return.

Both the Federal and Provincial Governments recognize the need for day
care facilities and are in the process of drafting or have drafted legislation

to help a working mother ensure that her children are being properly heed and

cared for.

However, no matter how generous or sophisticated Federal or Provincial
subsidy plans may be, they are useless to the citizens of Port Coquitlam if the
Council governing land use by-laws refuses to pass legislation allowing the
creation of Day Care facilities.

If you defeat this By~law you are in essence saying "take your kids to

other municipalities to be cared for". This situation exists at present and it

is high time we rectified it.

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