ONTARIO CHILD CARE DEAL BLASTED

On Monday, Ontario premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the $10.2 billion child-care deal. For those eligible, the funding will help bring down daycare fees to an average $10 a day by the end of 2025.

“Child care is the care of a child regardless of who provides the care,” said Mitchell. “Yet, just as we’ve seen in other provinces, the federal child-care plan’s fee reductions apply only to the families using licensed care. In Ontario, about a third of children under age six use that kind of care.”

“So, most families won’t benefit from today’s announcement. The best and fairest solution is to fund families directly—and to target the most funding to the lowest-income families. Making life more affordable for Ontario families is the right instinct, but today’s announcement is the wrong policy.”