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Y . . . mo" was Mi 31499“ 312,”. centres. which accommodate about 250 children. are , operators would ‘ , ‘ ' m 777â€"7â€"7â€"7â€"7 highly valuabk to the community. “l think that this is ' allow the region to ‘ l (”I Fruit one aspect of the great life we have created here and if look at and improve ' BEEF Enos 5“! RIBS 5100.33 690. ’3.29n. we can do more for day care. that's a really key thing the whole system, a” ”799 I: “0133 79 b mmâ€"‘â€" for our residents.“ he said in his comments before the instead of just vote. ensuring quality for 7.99 o. ’3.49 a. WWW curt " soul“ a 99 Conn. Karl Kiefet said he often gets asked why the 250 kids also; emu-e: Producing, a" 36 ‘9 a. ' "- region isn't run more like a business. "It‘s not about the ”I support child » ‘â€"- «GU!- l‘flfi" ~ New I,“ Canada CheaeC fro- cost here: it's about the service. We would be doing a care for all 10.000 “' “15m“ MM Madam ml Mi. digerrv'lce to our community if we closed these cen- Corina-aw children in the sys- "" ties. said. tern.~ he said. “1 ‘ ‘ i ‘ n . t' ‘ 1 ‘ W o“)â€" 35CV‘3 It wasn't inst about value for Regional Conn Tom North Dumfries M . ' . . > - 4. u mlwrw 0T . Galloway. He didn't agree with sortie of the infonna- Mayor Sue Foxton said she was in favour of keeping tion in KPMG's repon. Although it said the region the centres open not only because ofthe public outcry could save up to $2.5 million and could create an expressed when residents learned the recommenda; . . . . -. . a . additional 200 subsidy spaces. tion was on the table, but because they run a state-of- , . ‘ ' -‘ . . 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' Wm'uayi let alone the 250 spaces that would look at several other recommendations in the KPMG - . z. 4‘ ‘:’ beeliminated bythe closures service review and come back with a report next , \ “ _ / - I "The economics of it. on the spring. \, a g ‘ surface there may be some sav- Ultimately, he was frustrated more of the recomâ€" : ti 9 ingst but we also have to realize mendations didn't move forward. ‘At the end of the . ’ g ‘. l_ what the funding formula is for day Status quo camed‘ theda ." he said. . g V - a: . ‘ ‘ day care from the province. the “My colleagues don't have a great willingness to - , fl ' . - m, less you spend the less you get proceed with the recommendatiom from KPMG: it's / - “$777“ and we've seen the effect of that,’ disappointing to me. While tonight we didn't 0. . 1 J“! . , | a an 4 he said. achieve as much as I had hoped. there's still a chance \ ’ ' ”if? - J k In addition to keeping the cen- for us to achieve more in the future." 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