Affordable child care crunch across Canada

The Alberta NDP is hoping an affordable child care plan will help sway voters when they head to the polls next month. If re-elected, they’re promising to cap child care fees at $25 a day — less than half of what many Canadian parents pay. Heather Yourex-West looks at the disparity facing young families across the country and what the federal and provincial governments are doing about it.

• How Canadian provinces are taking on affordable child care — and how it compares to the world