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Report says Ottawa’s effort to boost childcare off to ‘slow start’ in 3 provinces

A $30-billion federal funding initiative launched in 2021 to bring $10-a-day child care across Canada has created a fraction of the new spaces expected in the first year of operation in three provinces that were assessed, a new report said.

A $30-billion federal funding initiative launched in 2021 to bring $10-a-day child care across Canada has created a fraction of the new spaces expected in the first year of operation in three provinces that were assessed, a new report said.

An analysis by public-policy group Cardus said the roll out of child-care expansion programs in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have all stumbled.

An analysis by a public-policy group has found that federal funding meant to bring $10-a-day child care across Canada has stumbled with a "slow start" and "underwhelming results" in three provinces where data is available.

B.C., Saskatchewan, New Brunswick slow to boost access to $10-a-day child care

Report says Ottawa’s effort to boost childcare off to ‘slow start’ in 3 provinces

Report says Ottawa’s effort to boost childcare off to ‘slow start’ in 3 provinces

Report says Ottawa’s effort to boost childcare off to ‘slow start’ in 3 provinces