The Canada-New Brunswick Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement
The Canada-New Brunswick Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement was signed on December 13, 2021.
The Agreement is not yet available online.
The 2021-2023 action plan can be found online.
Federal press release
$10-a-day child care for families in New Brunswick
Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, 13 December 2021
Provincial press release
Families to receive more affordable child care through $544-million agreement
Government of New Brunswick, 13 December 2021
Updates and next steps
Canada-New Brunswick Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement: New Brunswick Action Plan 2021-2023
Government of New Brunswick & Government of Canada, 23 March 2022
Community responses
Child Care Now on Canada-NB Canada-Wide Child Care Agreement
Child Care Now, 13 December 2021
Media coverage
Note: Media coverage is listed from most recent to oldest.
Daycare fees in N.B. to be cut in half by June
CBC News, 25 April 2022
Trudeau, Higgs promise $10-a-day child care across New Brunswick within next 5 years
Global News, 13 December 2021
Trudeau, Higgs promise $10-a-day child care across New Brunswick within next 5 years
Global News, 13 December 2021
New Brunswick signs onto $10-a-day child-care deal with Ottawa
CBC News, 13 December 2021
Garderies à 10 $ : Des clauses spéciales pour les francophones, assure Trudeau
ONFR+, 13 December 2021
PM unveils $10/day daycare deal with New Brunswick
iPolitics, 13 December 2021
Garderie à 10 $:Le fédéral annoncera une entente avec le N.-B. et les T.N.-O.
CBC News, 10 December 2021
Improving child care in New Brunswick: Another step towards a universal system
NB Media Co-op, 15 November 2021
Affordable child-care agreement on the horizon, Higgs says
CBC News, 22 September 2021
Childcare provider optimistic New Brunswick will eventually sign onto cheaper daycare plan
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
CBC News, 19 July 2021
Daycare operators hope $10-per-day childcare deal can be struck in New Brunswick
Global News, 15 July 2021
Advocacy and policy tools
As advocacy and policy tools become available, information will be updated.
Other Early Learning and Child Care Agreements
- Canada – New Brunswick Early Learning and Child Care Agreement - 2017-2020
- Canada-New Brunswick Early Learning and Child Care Agreement – 2020-2021