For Alberta, the one-year deal will mean more than $45-million this fiscal year to create new licensed child-care spaces through capital and program grants and subsidies for more lower-income families
The provincial government is also planning to use the money for training and help offset costs for centres associated with COVID-19 closures and reopening to help programs remain financially viable.The money is part of a 10-year, $7-billion funding pledge the Trudeau Liberals unveiled in 2017 – not the $625-million, eight-month pledge the Liberals have made under a “safe restart” agreement with provinces.
Both levels of government planned to signed renewed deals this year, but that was before the pandemic struck.
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