Budget 2021: Early Learning and Child Care
April 22, 2021
I know many families in Avalon who work hard every day but for some people, finding affordable daycare is a struggle. Often times the cost of entering the workforce with little ones at home is just not worth being away from them.
Budget 2021 makes a transformative investment to build a Canada-wide early learning and child care system. This is a plan to drive economic growth, a plan to increase women’s participation in the workforce, and a plan to offer each child in Canada the best start in life.
It will aim to reduce fees for parents with children in regulated child care by 50 per cent on average, by 2022, with a goal of reaching $10 per day on average by 2026, everywhere outside of Quebec. Budget 2021 will invest almost $30 billion over the next five years and provide permanent ongoing funding.
