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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 4, 2024 5:19 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province is putting $1.3 billion toward building and expanding schools. He says the money will go toward creating 27,093 new student …
Read More »Child-care wait lists balloon in many Ontario regions amid $10-a-day program
Child-care wait lists have ballooned across Ontario since the province signed on to the national $10-a-day program, as demand due to the lower fees appears to be far outpacing the creation of new spaces in many regions. In Kawartha Lakes, one of several municipalities with a central wait list, children are now …
Read More »Alberta child-care providers to receive 80% of monthly claims at start of each month
Beginning March 1, Alberta child-care providers will receive 80 per cent of their monthly claim at the beginning of each month. The province announced the move Friday morning, after child-care providers voiced concerns about the timing of their payments. It translates to about $84 million in payments to more than …
Read More »Ontario municipal staff say $85.5M cut risks success of $10-a-day child-care program
The municipal staff who administer the child-care system across Ontario are telling Education Minister Stephen Lecce that an $85.5-million cut to their budgets puts the success of the $10-a-day program at risk. The Ontario Municipal Social Services Association said in a letter to the minister that the national program, which Ontario signed onto in 2022, has …
Read More »Penticton daycare centre closes to make room for larger child-care facility – Okanagan
An early learning education program in Penticton, B.C., has officially closed down to make room for a larger child-care facility. Bugaboo University has been offering daycare at the Penticton Community Centre for nearly 10 years, and the last day of Bugaboo was on Friday, Dec. 15. “Bugaboo University has been …
Read More »Manitoba Tories promise to create more child-care spaces if re-elected – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 20, 2023 5:00 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising to open hundreds of new child-care spaces throughout the province if they are re-elected Oct. 3. The Tory plan would see the opening of four …
Read More »Alberta recommits to $10-a-day daycare plan in mandate letter
The Alberta government is reupping its commitment to affordable daycare. In her latest mandate letter, Premier Danielle Smith directed Children and Family Services Minister Searle Turton to make $10-a-day daycare happen. Her letter tells Turton to start “Working with the federal government and child care providers to implement $10-per-day daycare …
Read More »Ontario NDP member resigns seat, cites child-care challenges
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 13, 2023 4:02 pm Updated July 14, 2023 8:24 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The New Democrat member of provincial parliament for Kitchener Centre has officially resigned her seat. Laura Mae Lindo’s resignation will trigger a byelection call within …
Read More »Saint John, N.B. looking for ways to open childcare spaces to ‘hundreds’ – New Brunswick
The City of Saint John is set to look for ways to tackle an ongoing daycare shortage in the city. Presented at Saint John Common Council, Coun. Barry Ogden and Joanna Killen are hoping to find ways the city can work with developers and other city stakeholders to find ways …
Read More »Manitoba government slow to lower child-care fees: advocates – Winnipeg
Despite promises to make changes to child-care fees, advocates say Manitoba is slow to enact those pledges. Under a Canada-Manitoba agreement announced in 2021, a 50 per cent reduction in average parent fees was promised by the end of 2022, with an average of $10 per day by 2025-2026 for …
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