affordable child care

• Calgary councillor proposing city solutions for affordable child care

  If passed by committee and council, the notice of motion would direct administration to investigate ways for the city to help ensure access to affordable child care.

  Consumer

  Jul 20
• N.S. premier happy with federal budget, N.B. premier pans it for being too Toronto focused

  Nova Scotia's premier lauded the federal budget for its focus on child care, but New Brunswick's premier criticized it for not addressing health care in a meaningful way.

  Money

  Apr 19
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• $25-a-day daycare pilot program introduced by Alberta NDP ends April 1

  "When we first told families that they were going to get this decrease on their fees, we had parents in tears," said YMCA GM Candace Stecyk.

  Money

  Mar 25
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• Parents feel squeezed by child-care costs. Here’s where they want help

  "We calculated that we would be paying $2,600 a month," said one parent of two. "At that point, is it even worth me going back to work?"

  Lifestyle

  Oct 20, 2019
• Ontario proposes new childcare tax benefit — but experts warn it may not help families in need

  Some childcare advocates are sounding the alarm, saying the rebate program does not go far enough in helping families covering skyrocketing costs.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2019
• Amid criticism, B.C. premier defending roll out of child care plan

  The discounts are kicking in for parents on April 1, even though the application deadline was moved back.

  Politics

  Mar 28, 2018
• B.C. extends deadline for child care providers to opt into fee reduction

  "Signing the contract, as is, would lead to a loss of income for providers," said the head of the B.C. Child Care Owners Association.

  Politics

  Mar 26, 2018
• B.C. premier not backing away from $10/day child care, despite its throne speech absence

  There wasn't one mention of $10/day childcare in the Speech from the Throne.

  Politics

  Feb 13, 2018