Child-care Program

• B.C. child care providers call for provincial funding program improvements

  A B.C. daycare operator says delays in subsidy funding approval have led to massive stress, and the fear that some parents could be on the hook for higher fees.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2023
  
• Alberta and feds agree to next phase in affordable child-care plan

  Alberta Children's Services Minister Mickey Amery says 1,600 private child-care spaces will be eligible for funding almost immediately.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2023
  
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• 92% of Ontario’s licensed child care providers opt in to $10/day program

  Ninety-two per cent of licensed child-care operators in Ontario have signed on to the national $10-a-day child-care program.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2022
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• N.S. election: Liberals highlight food security and inclusion in child care

  Liberal Leader Iain Rankin travelled to a daycare centre where he highlighted the $10-a-day child-care program his government recently signed with Ottawa.

  Canada

  Aug 6, 2021
• Ministry staff racking up overtime amid B.C. child-care rollout

  Staff have worked 1,380 overtime hours processing new child-care fee reduction contracts since mid-March.

  May 3, 2018
• Days before new B.C. child care deadline, providers say they’re still in the dark

  Child care operators say it's radio silence from the province about whether they're approved for new fee reductions.

  Apr 18, 2018
• B.C. daycare operator trying to open second location can’t find staff

  Sarah Su has received only one application in the last two months.

  Mar 8, 2018
• Labour groups lobby Alberta government for child-care program

  The Alberta Federation of Labour says there are not enough child- care spaces in the province and fees are too high for many families.

  Education

  Apr 12, 2016