Child Care

• B.C.’s acting auditor general releases audit findings on child-care licensing capacity

  The report says the ministry did not co-ordinate to document expectations for implementing the commitment, monitoring the implementation, or reporting progress.

  Health

  Feb 27
  
• Province, feds team up to open more Manitoba child care spaces

  The provincial and federal governments are working together with the goal of opening more child care spaces in healthcare facilities, schools, and post-secondary institutions.

  Education

  Feb 18
  
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• Alberta announces flat $15-per-day child-care fee to replace subsidy April 1

  For children attending daycare full time, the flat fee would be $326.25 per month, or roughly $15 per day, while parents needing part-time care would pay $230 per month.

  Politics

  Jan 30
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• Flexible daycare in Vancouver says it’s at risk of closing

  Storybook Buddings offers parents up to 40 hours per month of flexible daycare, with as little as an hour's notice for drop-off. 

  Politics

  Nov 5, 2024
• Ontario presses feds for more child care money as some for-profit operators protest

  Ontario needs more money to properly deliver the national $10-a-day child-care program now and beyond the life of the current agreement.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2024
• Ontario cutting funding from daycare centres not in $10-a-day program

  Ontario 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.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2024
• $8.4M investment from feds, provincial government towards childcare staff retention

  The Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada announced $8.4 million in early learning and childcare workforce grants to assist childcare centres in recruiting and retaining staff

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2024
• 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.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2024
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• Federal, Manitoba governments announce boost to child-care funding, wages

  Provincially funded child-care facilities in Manitoba will be getting a financial boost from the government in the months ahead.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2024
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• Advocate calls on Alberta to opt out of $10-a-day child care plan

  An advocacy group is calling on the Alberta government to withdraw from the federal government's $10-a-day child care plan.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2024