Federal budget plan for child care is the turning point
By committing to building a Canada-wide system of early learning and child care with a federal investment of $30 billion over five years, the federal government is making history with its 2021 budget. The plan would use that investment to reduce parent fees to $10 a...Rising fees during pandemic putting child care sector at high risk: CCPA report
Child care sector in most Canadian cities at risk because of rising fees and declining enrolment, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Sounding the Alarm is the 2021 edition of CCPA’s survey of child care fees. This...
Garderie Tunney’s Daycare is reopening
The centre shut down last fall after its landlord, the federal government, decided to start charging commercial rent. But a persistent campaign by parents, child care advocates and elected officials got the centre the permanent rent relief it needed to reopen.