Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill has issued a statement in response to the news Wednesday that the RCMP have arrested and charged a man with sexual assault involving three boys under the age of 12 which occurred in the mid-2010s. The man was residing at a home which also housed a home-based daycare.

Cockrill says he is deeply concerned with the serious allegations involving the exploitation of children, in relation to an individual connected to a place where parents send their children to be safe and protected.  The alleged assaults involved a man who resided at the same place a daycare was operating in Assiniboia.

The government has placed the family childcare home’s license on hold. The Ministry of Education says it will assist families in finding alternative care where possible.