The Ontario government has signed a $13.2 billion deal with the federal government to cut child care fees by half before the year’s end and give parents with kids aged five and under a rebate starting in May. Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the agreement in a joint press conference on March…

Families with two or more children will be able to benefit from an increased Child Care Subsidy (CCS) from March 7, 2022, four months earlier than initially planned. The annual $10,655 cap will also be removed on Dec. 10, 2021 and retrospectively applied for the current financial year, so families do not have to worry…

As the federal government plans to expand taxpayer-funded daycare, some critics are taking issue with the plan’s exclusion of non-licensed care and lack of esteem for stay-at-home moms. In the recent federal budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced $30 billion over the next five years for early learning and child-care services, with $8.3 billion becoming…