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Still building: Child care availability in Toronto since 2022
Child care availability in Toronto has improved since 2022. But provincial funding is needed to expand access—especially in the non-profit sector.
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Budget fédéral alternatif 2026 : Garde d’enfants
Ce que le gouvernement canadien devrait faire en matière de garde d’enfants. Une véritable indépendance exige un nouveau modèle économique.
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Alternative federal budget 2026: Child care
What the Canadian government should do on child care. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
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Affordable childcare without access is a false promise for Saskatchewan
In 2023, the Saskatchewan government was quick to claim credit as one of the earliest provinces to introduce $10 per day childcare fees as part…
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Childcare deserts in Canada: find where your community fits in 2025
Canada’s federal child care program, which began rolling out in 2021, has two main goals: lower fees to $10 per day per child, and expand…
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Cash cow: Assessing child care space creation progress
Canada’s $10-a-day child care program isn’t creating enough spaces to meet demand and isn’t doing enough to make sure that new spaces are non-profit
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Une vache grasse pour le secteur commercial : la création des nouvelles places en services de garde à l’enfance
Le programme pancanadien de services de garde à 10 $ par jour ne crée pas un nombre suffisant de places et ne s’assure pas que…
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Le prix n’est pas encore le bon : Les frais de garde n’atteignent pas l’objectif de 10 $ par jour
D’ici le début de l’année 2026, les parents canadiens sont censés pouvoir inscrire leurs jeunes enfants à des services de garde pour une moyenne de…
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The price is not right (yet): $10-a-day child care falling short of target
By early 2026 parents in Canada should be able to put their young kids in child care for an average of $10 a day. With…
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Greater public role in child care will accelerate gains
In Manitoba, the parents of more than 39,000 children now pay just $10/day for child care, thanks to new federal investments. This is a wise…
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Ontario is responsible for province’s child care shortages, not the feds
The following article has been re-printed with the author’s permission. It was originally published on childcarepolicy.net.
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Sectoral bargaining for child care workers would help fix staffing shortages
If governments want to increase child care availability, they should make changes that make it easier and more effective to unionize the sector
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