{"id":1405057,"date":"2022-03-28T14:29:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T18:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405057"},"modified":"2022-03-28T14:29:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T18:29:59","slug":"canadas-trudeau-secures-national-childcare-legacy-with-ontario-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadas-trudeau-secures-national-childcare-legacy-with-ontario-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Trudeau secures national childcare legacy with Ontario deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadas-trudeau-secures-national-childcare-legacy-with-ontario-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Ontario Premier Doug Ford after announcing a new child care deal in Brampton, Ontario, Canada March 28, 2022. REUTERS\/Carlos Osorio<\/div>\n<p>March 28, 2022<\/p>\n<p>By Ismail Shakil and Julie Gordon<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada\u2019s Liberal government on Monday signed a C$13.2 billion ($10.5 billion) childcare deal with Ontario that will see fees in the province cut in half by the end of 2022 and create a national daycare system. <\/p>\n<p>Ontario, the country\u2019s most populous province, was the last one to sign on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s C$10-a-day daycare strategy. The Liberals last April earmarked C$30 billion over five years for a national childcare program. <\/p>\n<p>The federal investment of C$13.2 billion in Ontario would be spread over six years, with an initial C$10.2 billion to reduce childcare costs to C$10 per day, on average, within four years.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau, announcing the deal alongside Ontario\u2019s Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford, said it would also create 86,000 new daycare spaces by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccessible, high-quality childcare is key to building a stronger future, a more resilient economy and growing the middle class,\u201d Trudeau said.<\/p>\n<p>The dire need for affordable, reliable childcare in Canada was laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic, as daycare and school closures forced many parents, mostly women, to cut back work hours or leave jobs to care for children, hurting productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Parents in Ontario currently pay on average C$46 a day for childcare, the federal government said. The agreement aims to reduce licensed childcare fees for children under six by 25% as of April 1, with another reduction by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn total, fees for families will be reduced in 2022, on average, by 50%, relieving parents of C$1.1 billion in childcare costs,\u201d Ontario said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>($1 = 1.2561 Canadian dollars)<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru and Julie Gordon in OttawaEditing by Paul Simao)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Ontario Premier Doug Ford after announcing a new child care deal in Brampton, Ontario, Canada March 28, 2022. 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