Response from councilor Eelco Eerenberg (Education):
“We recognize the image. And we also hear from providers that the demand for paid childcare in Kanaleneiland is limited. Childcare is commercial, so the municipality cannot simply make buildings available. As a municipality, we do focus on preschool (a toddler care center). that offers preschool education), where additional groups were also opened in Kanaleneiland this year. The current situation with commercial childcare creates dire inequality of opportunities. That is why childcare should ultimately become a free and public facility, linked to neighborhood schools. But that is up to the government .”