Families minister says Tory premiers touting child care should ask Poilievre for plan
Provincial conservative premiers touting $10-a-day child-care deals with Ottawa is a welcome move, even if some of the leaders now campaigning on the deals were among the last to sign them, federal Liberal Families Minister Karina Gould said.
Poilievre has not committed to honour the agreements. During the last election, the Conservatives under then-leader Erin O’Toole campaigned on a promise to respect the deals — not all of which were yet signed — only for one year. After that, the Conservatives said the program would be phased out in favour of a tax credit targeting low-income families.
She added they are proud of the deal sealed with Ottawa, which includes funding for both private and non-profit child-care spaces. Party spokesman Dave Prisco said the UCP government “advocated and insisted” on a model that supports parental choice. He added it will spend more than $1 billion on early learning and child care — including more than $850 million through the agreement with Ottawa.
While the province contends such advertising is necessary to inform residents about accessible supports, critics charge that public money is being spent to increase Premier Heather Stefanson’s chances of winning the provincial election against the NDP this fall. Poilievre has said he wants to see the program’s results, and believes in offering supports to parents, “regardless of what choices they make.”
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