In 2020, Canada embarked on a new approach to early learning and child care. The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on women's employment, families and capacity of child care services to maintain operations stimulated widespread recognition that reliable, affordable, high quality child care is essential not only for families, children and women's equality but also for Canada's economy and future prosperity. The idea that universal access to quality child care is central to our recovery from the pandemic became a key driver for building a Canada-wide early learning and child care system for all.
The 2020 Fall Economic Statement committed to “lay out the plan to provide affordable, accessible, inclusive and high-quality child care from coast to coast to coast” in the 2021 federal budget. The budget (April 19th 2021) provided a historic financial and policy commitment to early learning and child care. The $30 billion over the next five years and commitment to build a “Canada-wide, community-based system of quality child care” represents the most significant federal financial and policy commitment to child care to date. The budget accompanied the funding commitment with considerations regarding affordability, accessibility, auspice and the child care workforce.
Following the federal budget, the Government of Canada and provinces/territories began to develop agreements to set out how the Canada-wide child care system will be built.
This ISSUE file provides information pertaining to the federal budget commitments, Canada-wide developments and to each province's/territory's agreement as announcements are made and policy and advocacy tools are developed. Resources for each jurisdiction include government materials, responses and analysis from community and NGOs, media coverage and other relevant tools.
Please check back; the ISSUE file will be updated as information becomes available.
The Federal Budget was read on April 19, 2021.
For all budget and related documents, responses, media coverage, advocacy and policy tools see:
Federal Budget 2021: The child care budget [1]
Budget 2021: BRIEFing note [2]
Momentum is building for a Canada-wide child-care system. Let’s keep it going [3]
First Policy Response, 13 August 2021
A $10-a-day national child care plan will mean big savings for parents [4]
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 15 July 2021
Video: Justin Trudeau and Minister Freeland discuss child-care plan in Markham, Ontario [5]
CPAC - For the Record, 17 August 2021
Provinces sign daycare funding deals with Ottawa, as federal election looms [6]
CBC The Current with Matt Galloway, 13 August 2021
Acting on the federal government’s vision of a $10-a-day national child-care system [7]
The Toronto Star, 3 August 2021
It will take pressure to get some provinces to sign child-care deal: Trudeau [8]
CTV News, 27 July 2021
Liberal government negotiates child-care agreements with provinces as history repeats itself [9]
The Globe and Mail, 23 July 2021
Senators urge better, affordable child-care programs [10]
iPolitics, 22 July 2021
Federal Liberals bank on urban votes with affordable child-care program [11]
The Globe and Mail, 16 July 2021
Here's how much you could save with the new child care plan [12]
Today’s Parent, 15 July 2021
How 'choice' in child care might play out in the coming federal election [13]
CBC News, 13 July 2021
Ottawa and Nova Scotia sign child-care agreement [14]
iPolitics, 13 July 2021
Canada’s roadmap to affordable child care for all [15]
Child Care Now, July 2021
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement was signed on July 28th 2021.
Federal government press release
$10 a day child care for families in Newfoundland and Labrador [16]
Office of the Prime Minister, 28 July 2021
Provincial government press release
Federal-Provincial action plan on early learning and child care released [17]
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, 28 July 2021
Newfoundland and Labrador sign child care agreement with Federal government [18]
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), 30 July 2021
Government of Canada child care agreement will bring $10 a day child care to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2023 [19]
Child Care Now, 28 July 2021
Parents say child care in N.L. is verging on a crisis. Will the new government deal change that? [20]
CBC News, 29 July 2021
Does Newfoundland and Labrador have enough educators and daycares to match the $10-per-day child care demand? [21]
Saltwire, 28 July 2021
$10-a-day N.L. child care expected by 2023 with $347M federal-provincial agreement [22]
CBC News, 28 July 2021
Deal in works with Ottawa for $10-a-day child care, Tom Osborne says [23]
NTV, 18 July 2021
Advocates hoping for deal with federal government for less expensive child care [24]
VOCM, 15 July 2021
Newfoundland and Labrador public consultations [25]
Child Care Now, 11 August 2021
The Canada-Prince Edward Island Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement was singed on July 27th, 2021.
Agreemnt and Action plan
Canada-Prince Edward Island Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement [26]
Government of Canada and Government of Prince Edward Island, 27 July 2021
Federal government press release
$10 a day child care for families in Prince Edward Island [27]
Office of the Prime Minister, 27 July 2021
Provincial government press release
$10 a day child care for families in Prince Edward Island [28]
Government of Canada and the Government of Prince Edward Island, 27 July 2021
Press conference: announcment
Video: PM Justin Trudeau makes a child-care announcement in Charlottetown [29]
Government of Canada and Government of Prince Edwards Island, 27 July 2021
Child care advocates applaud PEI child care agreement–the first reached with a provincial Conservative government [30]
Child Care Now, 27 July 2021
Ottawa and P.E.I. sign child-care agreement [31]
iPolitics, 27 July 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces P.E.I. latest province to sign on to $10 a day childcare plan [32]
SaltWire, 27 July 2021
Ottawa, P.E.I. strike new child-care deal aiming for $10 daily fees within 3 years [33]
CBC News, 28 July 2021
P.E.I. in talks for $10-a-day daycare deal, spokesperson says [34]
CBC News, 13 July 2021
Federal childcare agreement imminent, says P.E.I. minister [35]
Saltwire, 13 July 2021
Early learning and child care investments [36]
Government of Prince Eduward Island, 28 July 2021
The Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement was signed on July 13th, 2021.
On August 17th, 2021 Nova Scotians headed to the polls for the 41st general election. Tom Houston's Progressive Conservatives won a majority with 31 of 55 seats. In a tweet by David Akin [37] on August 5th 2021, he noted that, "PC Party Leader @TimHoustonNS says he’s “completely on the same page” as @JustinTrudeau when it comes to $10/day daycare and “investing in people”. #nselxn41 #nspoli".
Agreement
Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement [38]
Government of Canada and Government of Nova Scota, 13 July 2021
Federal government press release
Nova Scotian families to benefit from early learning and child care agreement [39]
Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, 13 July 2021
Provincial governemnt press release
Federal-provincial agreement will transform child care, reduce costs for families [40]
Nova Scotia Premier’s Office, 13 July 2021
Press conference: announcement
Video: Canada-Nova Scotia early learning and child care agreement [41]
Government of Nova Scotia, 13 July 2021
Child Care Now Nova Scotia reacts to results of the provincial election [42]
Child Care Now Nova Scotia, 23 August 2021
On the right track: Reflections on the federal-provincial bilateral agreement on early learning and child care in Nova Scotia [43]
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Nova Scotia, 14 July 2021
Government of Canada’s child care agreement with Nova Scotia [44]
Child Care Now, 13 July 2021
Child Care Now N.S. reacts to the monumentally significant agreement [45]
Child Care Now - Nova Scotia, 13 July 2021
With a Liberal government returning to Ottawa, N.S. premier expects child-care deal to stand [46]
CBC News, 21 September 2021
Fate of Nova Scotia's $10-a-day child-care deal hinges on federal election [47]
CBC News, September 5 2021
Child-care program will create hundreds of new jobs — but who will staff them? [48]
CBC News, 16 July 2021
Thinking out loud with Sheldon MacLeod: An expert perspective on the childcare announcement [49]
Saltwire, 15 July 2021
N.S. child-care fees to drop to $10 a day by 2026 under new $605M deal [50]
CBC News, 13 July 2021
N.S. becomes second province to sign on to federal Liberals’ child care subsidy plan [51]
The Star, 13 July 2021
Ottawa and Nova Scotia sign child-care agreement [14]
iPolitics, 13 July 2021
Trudeau calls NS child care funding key to 'a feminist recovery' from COVID [52]
The Coast, 13 July 2021
Excellence in early childhood education: Nova Scotia’s workforce strategy for early childhood educators [53]
Government of Nova Scotia, 13 July 2021
Child Care Now - Nova Scotia public consultation submission
Submission to Nova Scotia Government [54]
Child Care Now - Nova Scotia, 28 June 2021
Open letter: Recommendations for building an early learning and child care system in Nova Scotia [55]
Candian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Nova Scotia, 25 June 2021
The Canada-New Brunswick Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement has not been signed.
Affordable child-care agreement on the horizon, Higgs says [56]
CBC News, 22 September 2021
Childcare provider optimistic New Brunswick will eventually sign onto cheaper daycare plan [57]
Global News, 28 July 2021
What $10 a day in child-care costs could mean for parents if N.B. signs up for federal plan [58]
CBC News, 19 July 2021
Daycare operators hope $10-per-day childcare deal can be struck in New Brunswick [59]
Global News, 15 July 2021
The Government of Candada and Government of Quebec came to an asymetircal agreemnt on August 5th, 2021.
Federal government press release
New agreement to strengthen the early learning and child care system in Quebec [60]
Prime Minister of Canada, 5 August 2021
Provincial government press release
Nouvelle entente pour renforcer le système de services d'apprentissage et de garde des jeunes enfants du Québec [61]
Gouvernement du Québec, 5 August 2021
Canada-Quebec agreement signed; wage negotiations underway [62]
Child Care Now, 8 August 2021
Réseau des services de garde éducatifs à l’enfance du Québec: Un tournant historique [63]
Association québécoise des centres de la petite enfance, 5 August 2021
C’est maintenant qu’il faut créer des places et améliorer les conditions des travailleuses en services de garde [65]
Confédération des syndicats nationaux, 5 August 2021
Qualité des soins en services de garde: Un enjeu négligé au Québec [66]
Policy Options, 17 August 2021
Garderies et centres de la petite enfance: Ottawa va transférer 6 milliards de dollars à Québec [67]
98.5 FM, 5 August 2021
Un investissement fédéral «sans condition» pour les garderies québécoises [68]
Le Devoir, 6 August 2021
Ottawa aime les CPE. Au tour de Québec… [69]
La Presse, 9 August 2021
Ottawa announces $6 billion transfer to Quebec aimed at strengthening child care [70]
The Toronto Star, 5 August 2021
Quebec and Ottawa reach agreement on financing daycare centres [71]
Montreal Gazette, 3 August 2021
The Canada-Ontario Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement has not been signed.
Ontario’s big city mayors call on proof of vaccination and child care plan [72]
Ontario’s Big City Mayors, 13 August 2021
Child Care Now (Ottawa) and CUPE 2204 joint statement on council support for universal child care [73]
Child Care Now (Ottawa), 6 August 2021
Guelph and Ontario chambers encourage collaborative approach to implement canada-wide child care system [74]
Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 5 Aug 2021
Ontario wants deal with feds on national childcare plan but no timeline as of yet: Ford [75]
CP24, 22 September 2021
Ontario open to child care deal with federal Liberals, with some flexibility: Lecce [76]
CP24, 16 August 2021
Editorial: Doug Ford must seize this child-care opportunity [77]
The Star, 12 August 2021
Ontario should sign on to Ottawa’s $10-a-day child care plan [78]
The Toronto Star, 10 August 2021
Cities pressure Ontario to join national child-care plan [79]
iPolitics, 22 July 2021
Opinion: As a federal child-care plan moves ahead, Doug Ford risks Ontario being left behind [80]
Toronto Star, 18 July 2021
Opinion: Can Trudeau, Ford cut a deal on child care? [81]
The Globe and Mail, 15 July 2021
Petition: Tell Ford and Lecce to sign the child care agreement [82]
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, 21 Sep 2021
Roadmap to universal child care in Ontario [83]
Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario and Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, 12 July 2021
The Canada-Manitoba Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement was signed on August 9, 2021.
Federal and provincial press release
$10 a day child care for families in Manitoba [84]
Government of Canada and Government of Manitoba, 9 August 2021
Press conference: announcement
Video: Bilateral child care funding agreement [85]
Government of Manitoba, 9 August 2021
Historic Canada-Manitoba early learning & child care agreement signed [86]
Manitoba Child Care Association, 11 August 2021
Child care advocates issue media release on Manitoba ELCC Agreement [87]
Manitoba Child Care Association, 27 July 2021
New $10-per-day plan a breath of fresh air: Manitoba Child Care Association [88]
Global News, 10 August 2021
Manitoba signs on to federal $10-a-day child-care plan [89]
CBC News, 9 August 2021
Manitoba joins $10-per-day federal daycare plan [90]
Global News, 9 August 2021
Manitoba should move on child-care opportunity [91]
Winnipeg Free Press, 14 July 2021
The Canada-Saskatchewan Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement was signed on August 13, 2021.
Federal and provincial press release
$10 a day child care for families in Saskatchewan [92]
Government of Canada and Government of Saskatchewan, 13 August 2021
Press conference: announcement
Federal and Saskatchewan Governments announce child-care agreement [93]
CPAC, 13 August 2021
Advocates celebrate Saskatchewan child care agreement and vow federal election will not end the building of a Canada-wide early learning and child care system. [94]
Child Care Now, 15 August 2021
Canada-Saskatchewan ELCC Agreement has been signed! [95]
Saskatchewan Early Childhood Association, 16 August 2021
Advocates score a major win with a hat trick for child care in Saskatchewan: workers, families, and children are the winners! [96]
Child Care Now Saskatchewan, 13 August 2021
What the federal election could do to Saskatchewan’s recent child care agreement [97]
Global News, 19 August 2021
'Feels like Christmas morning': $1.1B in federal funds confirmed for Sask. child care just days before expected writ drop [98]
Regina Leader Post, 14 August 2021
$10-a-day child care coming to Sask. by 2025-26: feds, province [99]
CTV News, 13 August 2021
Saskatchewan signs up for federal government’s $10-a-day child care plan [100]
The Globe and Mail, 13 August 2021
Sask. 'on cusp' of reaching billion-dollar child care deal: minister [101]
The Star Phoenix, 12 August 2021
Sask. education minister says child care agreement with feds may come later this week [102]
CBC News, 11 August 2021
Sask. hopeful to reach a deal with Ottawa on child care plan [103]
CTV News, 11 August 2021
Editorial: Refusing to take questions is lazy, entitled governance [104]
Saskatoon StarPhoenix, 23 July 2021
Sask. NDP puts pressure on government to partner with Ottawa on child care [105]
CBC News, 16 July 2021
Peiris: Sask. government should realize benefit of federal daycare plan [106]
The Star Phoenix, 11 May 2021
The Canada-Alberta Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement has not been signed.
Alberta minister blames feds for not striking child-care deal before federal election call [107]
CBC News, 15 August 2021
What the feds’ child care program would mean for Alberta [108]
The Sprawl, 13 August 2021
Opinion: Alberta leaves mothers with case of childcare FOMO [109]
Edmonton Journal, 11 August 2021
Alberta pushes for child care funding, Ottawa says it still needs province’s action plan [110]
CTV News, 6 August 2021
Alberta premier demands federal child-care deal with no strings attached [111]
CBC News, 6 August 2021
Local childcare providers, Alberta NDP call for greater sustained funding [112]
My Grande Prairie Now, 25 July 2021
Chrystia Freeland speaks with Edmonton moms about universal child-care program [113]
CTV News, 21 July 2021
Calgary councillor proposing city solutions for affordable child care [114]
Global News, 20 July 2021
Alberta parents could save thousands under federal $10-a-day child-care plan, new data shows [115]
CBC News, 20 July 2021
'It would be life-changing': Advocates push for Alberta to sign on to $10/day federal child care program [116]
CTV News, 14 July 2021
Alberta negotiating child-care funding as Nova Scotia becomes second province to strike deal with Ottawa [117]
Edmonton Journal, 13 July 2021
Opinion: Federal child-care plan an opportunity that Alberta can't miss [118]
Edmonton Journal, 10 July 2021
Conversations continue over whether Alberta will sign on to federal child-care program [119]
Global News, 9 July 2021
The Canada-British Columbia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement was signed on July 7th, 2021.
Agreement
Canada-British Columbia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement [120]
Government of Canada and Government of British Columbia, 7 July 2021
Federal government press release
Canada announces historic first early learning and child care agreement [121]
Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, 8 July 2021
Press conference: announcement
Video: Trudeau announces $10-a-day childcare program for BC children under 6 years old [122]
Global News via YouTube, 8 July 2021
Canada’s child care advocates celebrate government of Canada-BC child care agreement [123]
Child Care Now, 8 July 2021
Big win for B.C. [124]
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C & Early Childhood Educators of B.C., 8 July 2021
B.C.-Canada child care deal an important step [125]
National Union of Public and General Employees, 12 July 2021
Ottawa, B.C. governments reach deal on child care funding, Trudeau announces [126]
Global News, 8 July 2021
Federal, B.C. governments reach deal on child care funding [127]
CBC News, 8 July 2021
Trudeau promises to help B.C. achieve $10-a-day child care [128]
City News 1130, 8 July 2021
Federal government announces five-year plan for $10 a day child care in B.C. [129]
Vancouver Sun, 8 July 2021
Sharon Gregson and Lynell Anderson: Here’s the roadmap to $10-a-day child care in B.C. [130]
Vancouver Sun, 16 May 2021
Roadmap for $10-a-day child care in BC [131]
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC & Early Childhood Educators of BC, 7 April 2021
The Canada-Yukon Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement was signed on July 23rd, 2021.
Agreement
Canada-Yukon Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement [132]
Government of Canada and Government of Yukon, 23 July 2021
Federal department of finance press release
Canada and Yukon announce major expansion of $10 a day child care [133]
Department of Finance, 23 July 2021
Yukon becomes 3rd Canadian jurisdiction to reach deal on child-care funding [134]
CBC News, 23 July 2021
The Canada-Northwest Territories Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement has not been signed.
The Canada-Nunavut Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement has not been signed.
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