Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker has announced a significant investment into a local child care facility.
Walker hosted a Zoom call to announce the Ontario government is investing $600,000 to create 39 child care spaces at St. Edmunds Public School in Tobermory.
Walker was joined by officials from the Bluewater School Board including Board Chair Jane Thomson, Northern Bruce Peninsula Mayor Milt McIver, Bruce County Warden Janice Jackson and officials from Tobermory Primary Place.
When the expansion is completed, St. Edmunds Public School will have one toddler room and one preschool room through the province’s Early Years Capital Program.
Walker noted that the funding is part of a province-wide investment of more than $600 million to support school and child care spaces that were recently announced by Stephen Lecce, the Minister of Education.
“We are thrilled that the Ministry of Education has recognized the need for sustainable child care to better serve local families on the Bruce Peninsula through the investment of funding to create 39 new child care spaces at St. Edmunds Public School,” stated Jane Thomson, Bluewater District School Board Chair and Trustee for the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula/Town of South Bruce Peninsula.
