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On April 19, the Federal Government announced a historical investment into child care.<\/span><\/p>\n Now the Federal Election is upon us and set for September 22, 2021. The debate is continuing with federal candidates in Calgary and across Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n During my continuous door-knocking leading up to the civic election set for October 18, 2021, it has become evident in Communities like Carrington and Livingston: and I assume across the Ward 3 Communities,\u00a0 the need for affordable child care is a necessity.<\/span><\/p>\n Child care costs can be a major household expense for any family with a number of children. Access to quality, accessible and affordable child care is one means to ensure lowering the existence of child poverty and reducing barriers for women to enter the workforce.<\/span><\/p>\n From my work as your Candidate, I see the need for affordable child care when I see the many young families in our ward working so hard at their careers, jobs and meeting the daily expenses of living and support for their young and growing families.<\/span><\/p>\n With greater access to affordable daycare, I seek economic opportunities, the establishment of more both public and private facilities, the growth of jobs, better quality child care can and an investment in people with a means to improve their quality of life.<\/span><\/p>\n I will work at City Council on behalf of Ward 3 young families with both the Federal and Provincial Governments to bring about this needed family service in our Communities of Ward 3<\/span><\/p>\n Work with me and vote \u201cto create change\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n VOTE KUMAR SHARMA on Monday, October 18, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn the spirit of reconciliation, Team Kumar Sharma acknowledges that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut\u2019ina, the \u00cey\u00e2xe Nakoda Nations, the M\u00e9tis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta. – calgaryfoundation.org – <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On April 19, the Federal Government announced a historical investment into child care. Now the Federal Election is upon us and set for September 22, 2021. The debate is continuing with federal candidates in Calgary and across Canada. During my continuous door-knocking leading up to the civic election set for October 18, 2021, it has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7992,"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions\/7992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kumarsharma.ca\/statements\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}