For the want of two grand!

Just when someone has a great idea, it yields good results while costing pennies it is endangered by short-sightedness in government offices.

From CBC: full article here

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A Prince Edward Island program that placed infant simulators with teenage girls to convince them early motherhood was not a good idea was shut down last week because it can't find a home.

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the chapter can longer find anyone willing to store the "Baby Think It Over" dolls.

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it would take about $2,000 to keep the program going and the Department of Education will not fund it.

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A mere two thousand dollars do not seem to be a great investment into the lives and careers of potential teenage mothers. I am not one who knows about welfare systems in PEI, but wouldn't a single mom receive more than that in benefits each year if those were in place? Even without benefits, the human potential development hindered by early motherhood is always a hit on Canadian human resources. Two grand is pennies to PEI, the federal government and taxpayers. Let's keep this scheme alive!