$10 A Day Child Care
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$10-a-day daycare program paused in order to stabilize, B.C. government saysThe province says the goal is to stabilize the program, instead of rolling it back and moving to income-tested eligibility. It was announced in the budget on Tuesday.EducationFeb 18
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Surging demand for child care in Toronto reduces low-income subsidies offeredAnnual budget documents show the city handed out 7,700 fewer child care subsidies than it had planned to, even as the waitlist for subsidies hit just over 16,000 children.CanadaJan 27
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Operators, families express concern on lack of $10-a-day child care extensionFamilies in Saskatchewan are feeling the pressure of uncertainty and the government having yet to sign on for the federal $10 day child care agreement is increasing worry.PoliticsMar 14, 2025
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Ontario presses feds for more child care money as some for-profit operators protestOntario needs more money to properly deliver the national $10-a-day child-care program now and beyond the life of the current agreement.CanadaOct 24, 2024
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Ontario cutting funding from daycare centres not in $10-a-day programOntario child-care centres that aren't participating in the national $10-a-day program will soon lose provincial funding to offer fee subsidies to lower-income families.CanadaSep 6, 2024
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Sask. child-care facility struggles to meet demand, hopes to expandAfter the province introduced $10-a-day child care last year, the YMCA of Regina is struggling to meet the demand for affordable spaces and has a waitlist of 2,000.CanadaJul 10, 2024
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Trudeau promises $1B loans to expand child care centresJustin Trudeau says the government plans to provide more than $1 billion in low-cost loans, grants and student loan forgiveness to expand child care across Canada.CanadaMar 28, 2024
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B.C. falls behind on $10-a-day daycare funding but province says it’s committed to programThe province had promised to boost funding by $250 million per year, creating 22,000 new childcare spaces by 2023 but neither of those targets have been met.PoliticsFeb 26, 2024
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Operators welcome Alberta government’s changes to child-care systemThe Alberta government is making changes to the province’s child-care system that it says will “meet the needs of families and operators.”CanadaFeb 16, 2024
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Ontario municipal staff say $85.5M cut risks success of $10-a-day child-care programOntario municipal staff who administer the child-care system across Ontario say an $85.5 million cut to their budgets puts the success of the $10-a-day program at risk.EducationFeb 1, 2024
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