Ontario has the potential to see nearly 100,000 more women enter the labour market due to $10-a-day child care, but only if the province creates more daycare spaces, a report from the Financial Accountability Office said Tuesday.
FAO estimates $10-a-day child-care program could increase labour market participation for women aged 25 to 54The Financial Accountability Office says in a new report that labour participation rates for mothers with young children rose 2.4 percentage points just from 2021 to 2022, the first year the reduced child-care fees started taking effect.
However, the 71,000 new child-care spaces promised by Ontario under the federal agreement won't nearly be enough to meet the demand for care, and if the government doesn't create more spaces it will offset some of the positive labour market impacts, the report warned.
Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education for Ontario, believes additional funding from Ottawa would allow the province to create enough child-care spaces to accommodate the rising demand.
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