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Canada’s national child care advocacy association, Child Care Now, has welcomed a reduction in child-care fees in Ontario, while expressing concern that far too few families stand to benefit. Child-care fees have been reduced from an average of $23 a day to an average of $19, and capped at $22. The fee …
Read More »Ontario reduces child-care fees, introduces new operator funding formula
Ontario child-care operators in the national $10-a-day program will soon be compensated in a way the province says will cover the true cost of providing care, after many said they were struggling to keep their doors open under the current structure. Education Minister Todd Smith is set to announce a long-delayed …
Read More »Toronto daycare rolls back staff wage raises, blames Ontario’s funding model
A large Toronto child-care operator is rolling back raises for staff, laying the blame on how the Ontario government is funding the national $10-a-day program. The Learning Enrichment Foundation, which has 25 centres across the city, told parents in a recent letter that it had made the difficult decision to reduce pay …
Read More »Township of Langley applying for childcare funds for 400 new spaces – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Township of Langley is looking to expand its non-profit subsidized childcare spaces through the help of a provincial grant. The township is in the process of applying for the ChildcareBC New Spaces Fund. Township of Langley Mayor Eric Woodward said city …
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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