Ontario's Doug Ford signs on to Trudeau's $10-a-day daycare plan, clearing way for a jolt to labour participation rates — via financialpost Ontario DougFord daycare
“From day one, I said our government wouldn’t sign a deal that didn’t work for Ontario parents,” Ford said in a statement, seven months after Nova Scotia became the first province to sign up. “Given how complex Ontario’s child-care system is, we wanted to get this right. Today, we’re delivering a deal that will keep money in the pockets of hard-working parents.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will provide Ontario with $13.2 billion over six years to bring the average cost of child care down to the federal government’s target of $10 per day by 2025, both leaders announced at a conference on March 28. Ontario was the last province to sign, a surprise, given Toronto is home to some of the most expensive daycare costs in the country and inflation had emerged as a potent political issue. Conservative governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and New Brunswick all joined, amid a broad consensus among economists that affordable daycare can be a powerful engine for economic growth because it frees up parents to better participate in the labour force.
Cheaper daycare couldn’t come at a better time. With inflation running at a three-decade high and inputs becoming more expensive, businesses and consumers are feeling their wallets stretch. Women, who stand to benefit the most from a comprehensive child-care subsidy, need government support to create the right conditions that would support their search or return to work, said Armine Yalnizyan, a labour economist and Atkinson Fellow on the future of work.
“That means more purchasing power. More purchasing power means more business for business,” Yalnizyan said. But, “we don’t know what plans are yet for serving the underserved and expanding access to licensed care. We will see that in the coming days.”Article content
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