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Open Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Designate Tim Houston

Margaret McCain | August 26, 2021 Allow me to congratulate you in your new role as Premier of Nova Scotia. As chair of the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation, I have had the pleasure of working with five of your province's premiers in our mutual pursuit to ensure the...

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$10 A Day Child Care for Families in Saskatchewan

Government of Saskatchewan, August 13, 2021 Excerpt: "In addition to significantly reducing the cost of child care, federal funding of close to $1.1 billion over the next five years will lead to the creation of 28,000 new regulated early learning and child care spaces to help ensure Saskatchewan families with...

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$10 A Day Child Care for Families in Manitoba

Government of Manitoba, August 9, 2021 Excerpt: "The federal funding of more than $1.2 billion over the next five years will also fund critical services for Manitoba families and children and grow a strong and skilled workforce of early childhood educators, including through the creation of a wage grid to...

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New agreement to strengthen the early learning and child care system in Quebec

The Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, August 5, 2021 Excerpt: "The governments of Quebec and Canada recognize Quebec’s leadership in early learning and child care and together, they have announced an asymmetric agreement for the federal transfer of nearly $6 billion over five years. This includes a significant...

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Childcare funding announcement is good news for Newfoundland

Saltwire, August 5, 2021 Excerpt: "In the 2010 Early Years Report, N.L. was ranked as having the poorest model of child care in the country. Since then, the province has made dramatic improvements with integrated governance into the Ministry of Education, a play-based curriculum framework, full-day Kindergarten, enhanced wage subsidies...

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