Alberta Premier Danielle Smith\u0027s government is blaming Ottawa for delaying the expansion of federal child care funding
A $3.8-billion federal agreement announced last November aims to cut average fees in half by the end of this year and down to
The plan is to eventually create 42,500 new spaces, but business owners in the sector say it has been kneecapping them by limiting their ability to expand in line with rising demand.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
As the former children’s services minister, Jones is continuing to work on the deal as an affordability issue and will be asking for envelope funding similar to that of Quebec, Farmer said“To date, the federal government has been rigid and unwilling to approve the required cost control framework which would unlock the expansion and further participation of private operators in the ,” Farmer said in a statement to Postmedia this week.
A senior staffer in federal Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould’s office, who was not authorized to speak on the record, told Postmedia Alberta has yet to present a serious plan that is detailed enough for that to happen.Article content
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