Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget pledges the federal government will pony up $30 billion over the next five years to create a Canada-wide early learning system and a permanent funding increase of $8.3 billion per year thereafter. The goal is to cut childcare fees in registered centres in half by the end of 2022 and eventually reduce the cost of childcare to $10 per day by 2026, the budget said.READ MORE: Federal budget delivers big promises on childcare, tamer housing measuresBut Alberta — along with Manitoba and Ontario — has already voiced skepticism about the federal government’s offer, which comes with an emphasis on readmore
January 31, 2023
