The Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement was signed on July 13, 2021.
On August 17, 2021, the Progressive Conservatives won a majority in a general election. The new government said they would continue with the previous Liberal government child care agreement with the federal government.
The agreement [1] and action plan [2] are available online.
Nova Scotian families to benefit from early learning and child care agreement [3]
Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, 13 July 2021
Federal-provincial agreement will transform child care, reduce costs for families [4]
Nova Scotia Premier’s Office, 13 July 2021
Canada-Nova Scotia early learning and child care agreement [5]
Government of Nova Scotia, 13 July 2021
Nova Scotia child care transformation: Information for families [6]
Government of Nova Scotia, 1 June 2022
More Nova Scotia families will have access to licensed early learning and child care [7]
Government of Nova Scotia, 1 June 2022
Province creates team to advise on child care transformation [8]
Government of Nova Scotia, 20 May 2022
Province provides stable funding to child-care centres, additional one-time grant [9]
Government of Nova Scotia, 18 February 2022
Child care that cares for everyone [10]
Government of Nova Scotia, 18 February 2022
Nova Scotia families to save hundreds each month in child care fees [11]
Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, 14 January 2022
Province moves to reduce child-care fees by 25 per cent [12]
Government of Nova Scotia, 14 January 2022
Province moves ahead on Canada-wide early learning and child-care system [13]
Government of Nova Scotia, 15 October 2021
Excellence in early childhood education: Nova Scotia’s workforce strategy for early childhood educators [14]
Government of Nova Scotia, 13 July 2021
Nova Scotia child care system building must stay on track [15]
Child Care Now - Nova Scotia, 10 May 2022
Advocates in Nova Scotia call for proper compensation and benefits for early childhood educators [16]
Child Care Now, 16 March 2022
National child care advocacy group weighs in on Province's daycare plan [17]
CBC Radio - Information Morning, 20 January 2022
Child Care Now Nova Scotia reacts to results of the provincial election [18]
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 [19]
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Nova Scotia, 14 July 2021
Government of Canada’s child care agreement with Nova Scotia [20]
Child Care Now, 13 July 2021
Child Care Now N.S. reacts to the monumentally significant agreement [21]
Child Care Now - Nova Scotia, 13 July 2021
Note: Media coverage is listed from most recent to oldest.
Taking the profit out of child care [22]
Spring Magazine, 8 September 2022
N.S. daycare operators say sector in crisis because of staff shortages, rising costs [23]
CBC News, 17 August 2022
Nova Scotia ECE wages and retention top agenda of upcoming meeting [24]
Global News, 9 August 2022
Incorrect information sends some private N.S. child-care operators into 'tailspin' [25]
CBC News, 21 July 2022
'Morale is at an all-time low': Staffing shortages hit N.S. daycares as province expands public system [26]
CTV News, 17 July 2022
N.S. early childhood educator works 2 jobs to survive while waiting for promised wage increase [27]
CBC News, 16 July 2022
Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Canada-wide early learning and child care agreement with Nova Scotia [28]
Newswire, 13 July 2022
Compensation package for early childhood educators expected to be ready by this fall [29]
CBC News, 26 April 2022
Des garderies réduisent leurs services à cause d’un manque de personnel en N.-É. [30]
Le Progrès de Coaticook, 26 April 2022
Some Nova Scotia daycares reducing services to deal with labour shortages [31]
The Globe and Mail, 26 April 2022
Child-care fees in Nova Scotia to drop by 25 per cent Friday [32]
CBC News, 31 March 2022
Halifax daycare closing due to government plans for sector, says owner [33]
CBC News, 11 March 2022
More funding on the way for child care centres as the province moves towards $10 a day child care [34]
Halifax Examiner , 18 February 2022
Private child-care operators seeking clarity about future role in N.S. systems [35]
Saltwire, 13 February 2022
Nova Scotia’s shift to publicly funded early learning and child care won’t be easy, but it’s critical [36]
The Conversation, 25 January 2022
National child care advocacy group weighs in on Province's daycare plan [17]
CBC Radio - Information Morning, 20 January 2022
Nova Scotia's private daycares facing tough decisions [37]
CBC News, 17 January 2022
Nova Scotia child-care fees to be reduced ahead of schedule [38]
CBC News, 14 January 2022
With a Liberal government returning to Ottawa, N.S. premier expects child-care deal to stand [39]
CBC News, 21 September 2021
Fate of Nova Scotia's $10-a-day child-care deal hinges on federal election [40]
CBC News, 5 September 2021
Child-care program will create hundreds of new jobs — but who will staff them? [41]
CBC News, 16 July 2021
Thinking out loud with Sheldon MacLeod: An expert perspective on the childcare announcement [42]
Saltwire, 15 July 2021
N.S. child-care fees to drop to $10 a day by 2026 under new $605M deal [43]
CBC News, 13 July 2021
N.S. becomes second province to sign on to federal Liberals’ child care subsidy plan [44]
The Star, 13 July 2021
Ottawa and Nova Scotia sign child-care agreement [45]
iPolitics, 13 July 2021
Trudeau calls NS child care funding key to 'a feminist recovery' from COVID [46]
The Coast, 13 July 2021
Nova Scotia’s plan to transform early learning and child care in the province [47]
Child Care Now, 19 January 2022
Child Care Now - Nova Scotia public consultation submission [48]
Child Care Now - Nova Scotia, 28 June 2021
Open letter: Recommendations for building an early learning and child care system in Nova Scotia [49]
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Nova Scotia, 25 June 2021
Canada – Nova Scotia Early Learning and Child Care Agreement - 2017-2020 [50]
Canada – Nova Scotia Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2020-2021 [51]
Links
[1] https://www.canada.ca/en/early-learning-child-care-agreement/agreements-provinces-territories/nova-scotia-canada-wide-2021.html
[2] https://www.canada.ca/en/early-learning-child-care-agreement/agreements-provinces-territories/nova-scotia-canada-wide-2021.html#h2.17
[3] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/07/nova-scotian-families-benefit-early-learning-and-child-care
[4] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/07/federal-provincial-agreement-will-transform-child-care
[5] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/07/nova-scotia-early-learning-and-child-care-agreement
[6] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/06/nova-scotia-child-care-transformation-information-families
[7] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/06/more-nova-scotia-families-will-have-access-licensed-early-learning
[8] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/05/province-creates-team-advise-child-care-transformation
[9] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/02/province-provides-stable-funding-child-care-centres-additional-one
[10] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/02/child-care-cares-everyone
[11] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/01/nova-scotia-families-save-hundreds-each-month-child-care-fees
[12] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/01/province-moves-reduce-child-care-fees-25-cent
[13] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/10/province-moves-ahead-canada-wide-early-learning-and-child
[14] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/07/excellence-early-childhood-education
[15] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/05/nova-scotia-child-care-system-building-must-stay-track
[16] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/03/advocates-nova-scotia-call-proper-compensation-and-benefits-early
[17] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/01/national-child-care-advocacy-group-weighs-provinces-daycare-plan
[18] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/08/child-care-now-nova-scotia-reacts-results-provincial-election
[19] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/07/right-track-reflections-federal-provincial-bilateral
[20] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/07/government-canada%E2%80%99s-child-care-agreement-nova-scotia
[21] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/07/child-care-now-ns-reacts-monumentally-significant-agreement
[22] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/09/taking-profit-out-child-care
[23] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/08/ns-daycare-operators-say-sector-crisis-because-staff-shortages
[24] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/08/nova-scotia-ece-wages-and-retention-top-agenda-upcoming-meeting
[25] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/07/incorrect-information-sends-some-private-ns-child-care-operators
[26] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/07/morale-all-time-low-staffing-shortages-hit-ns-daycares-province
[27] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/07/ns-early-childhood-educator-works-2-jobs-survive-while-waiting
[28] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/07/celebrating-one-year-anniversary-signing-canada-wide-early-learning
[29] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/05/compensation-package-early-childhood-educators-expected-be-ready
[30] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/05/des-garderies-r%C3%A9duisent-leurs-services-%C3%A0-cause-d%E2%80%99un-manque-de
[31] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/04/some-nova-scotia-daycares-reducing-services-deal-labour-shortages
[32] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/04/child-care-fees-nova-scotia-drop-25-cent-friday
[33] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/03/halifax-daycare-closing-due-government-plans-sector-says-owner
[34] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/02/more-funding-way-child-care-centres-province-moves-towards-10-day
[35] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/02/private-child-care-operators-seeking-clarity-about-future-role-ns
[36] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/22/01/nova-scotia%E2%80%99s-shift-publicly-funded-early-learning-and
[37] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/01/nova-scotias-private-daycares-facing-tough-decisions
[38] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/22/01/nova-scotia-child-care-fees-be-reduced-ahead-schedule
[39] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/09/liberal-government-returning-ottawa-ns-premier-expects-child-care
[40] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/09/fate-nova-scotias-10-day-child-care-deal-hinges-federal-election
[41] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/07/child-care-program-will-create-hundreds-new-jobs-%E2%80%94-who-will-staff
[42] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/07/thinking-out-loud-sheldon-macleod-expert-perspective-childcare
[43] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/07/ns-child-care-fees-drop-10-day-2026-under-new-605m-deal
[44] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/07/ns-becomes-second-province-sign-federal-liberals%E2%80%99-child-care-subsidy
[45] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/07/ottawa-and-nova-scotia-sign-child-care-agreement
[46] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/07/trudeau-calls-ns-child-care-funding-key-feminist-recovery-covid
[47] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/22/01/nova-scotia%E2%80%99s-plan-transform-early-learning-and-child-0
[48] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/07/submission-nova-scotia-government
[49] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/06/open-letter-recommendations-building-early-learning-and
[50] https://www.canada.ca/en/early-learning-child-care-agreement/agreements-provinces-territories/nova-scotia-2017.html
[51] https://www.canada.ca/en/early-learning-child-care-agreement/agreements-provinces-territories/nova-scotia-2020.html