Ottawa adding $5.4B for child care; provinces, advocates had warned progress at risk
The new funding is meant to protect gains already made, with families saving about $11,000 per child each year, Hajdu said.
- Families Minister Patty Hajdu announced Friday the federal government is providing an additional $5.4 billion over two years to stabilize the national $10-a-day child-care program and address rising cost pressures provinces face.
- "Certainly, money has been part of the challenge," Hajdu said, as provinces struggle with recruitment, demand from lowered fees, and wait lists while protecting progress toward the initial 250,000 new spaces target.
- With $58 billion already invested since 2021, the program saves families about $11,000 per year, per child, though only about 173,500 of the planned 250,000 new spaces have been created to date.
- While many provinces have lowered fees to $10 daily, Ontario averages $19 and needs $2 billion annually to reach the target; Alberta and Ontario's one-year extensions may gain traction with new funding support.
- Child Care Now executive director Morna Ballantyne previously argued that funding gaps undermine income security; the new investment comes with data-sharing requirements to identify remaining service barriers across regions.
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Feds adding $5.4B for child care; provinces, advocates had warned progress at risk
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The federal government is giving provinces and territories an additional $5.4 billion over two years for the national $10-a-day child-care program to help with "cost pressures," Canada's families minister says.
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Ottawa adding $5.4B for child care; provinces, advocates had warned progress at risk
The federal government is giving provinces and territories an additional $5.4 billion over two years for the national $10-a-day child-care program, money the minister is framing as stabilizing the program.
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