Manitoba on all-day kindergarten

     The article that I chose to talk about is called "Manitoba won’t budge on all-day kindergarten despite internal push" written by Chinta Puxley of The Globe and Mail. The article was about an issue that the provincial government of Manitoba is currently dealing with: the call for all-day kindergarten.
     Full day kindergarten currently exists in 7 provinces and territories across Canada, and an Ontario study concludes that enabling full-day kindergarten improves readiness of children going into grade 1 and accelerates their development. Despite an Education Minister backed poll concluding that 61% of Manitobans surveyed were in favour of having this issue be a government priority, the government resists the call for it. The reason why is that it is a very costly initiative, and the province is already working on reducing the class sizes for grades 1-3. In Manitoba, there is some school divisions that offer full-day kindergarten, but it is not funded or assisted by the government. However though, the Education board of Manitoba will be working with a few school divisions to analyze the impact of full-day kindergarten. It is expected that at some point in the future, full-day kindergarten will be supported by the government, but at the time being it does not look to be any time soon.
     

research shows children in all-day kindergarten have
better language, social and communication skills

     The only government function that relates to this article (as far as I can tell) is Correcting for Externalities. Since kindergarten is part of our education, it fits under that section. Eventually, if this were to go through and be supported by our provincial government, the people would have to pay taxes to fund it, just as we already pay taxes to fund the education system overall. 
     Any changes in taxes will always be opposed to by the common folk, but if it's in the best interest of our children and our country's future, isn't it our duty to contribute? I think so.

Manitoba won’t budge on all-day kindergarten despite internal push

Olczyk, Iwona. A child painting. Photograph. n.d. Iwona_Olczyk. pixabay. 7 December 2014