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Where the parties stand on child care in the Canadian federal election [1]

Author: 
Cleveland, G.
Source: 
The Conversation
Format: 
Article
Publication Date: 
21 Apr 2025
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Excerpt 

What will child care in Canada look like after this federal election?

Depending on who becomes prime minister, parents now paying $10 a day for child care could continue to do so and many additional parents could access affordable day care in the future due to plans to expand. Or, the cap on child-care fees could be eliminated in a return to market provision of child-care services, in at least some provinces.

The $10-a-day plan, introduced by the Liberal government through Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care agreements (CWELCC) with provinces and territories, was developed to improve Canada’s long-standing inadequate child-care situation.

Québec’s model for child care inspired the Canada-wide plan. Under Québec’s CWELCC “asymmetrical agreement,” the province receives federal transfer funds without conditions.

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Related link: 
These women say $10-a-day daycare is their top federal election issue [3]
Parents, operators and advocates want more details on child-care election promises [4]
Region: 
Canada [5]
Tags: 
$10 a day [6]
CWELCC [7]

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[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/25/04/where-parties-stand-child-care-canadian-federal-election [2] https://theconversation.com/where-the-parties-stand-on-child-care-in-the-canadian-federal-election-254569 [3] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/25/04/these-women-say-10-day-daycare-their-top-federal-election-issue [4] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/25/04/parents-operators-and-advocates-want-more-details-child-care [5] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/7864 [6] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/10-a-day-child-care [7] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/9278