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Federal-Provincial Action Plan on Early Learning and Child Care Released

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, July 28, 2021 Excerpt: "The plan features targets to achieve several shared priorities between the Federal and Provincial Governments. These include:Access Working with not-for-profit groups, municipalities and family home child care operators to create approximately 5,800 additional regulated child care spaces by 2025-26. Introducing a...

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$10 a day child care for families in Prince Edward Island

Government of Prince Edward Island, July 27, 2021 Excerpt: "Through the agreement, the governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island will work together to improve access to quality, affordable, flexible, and inclusive early learning and child care programs and services. This includes creating 452 new regulated early learning and child...

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Canada and Yukon announce major expansion of $10 a day child care

Government of Yukon, July 23, 2021 Excerpt: "Today’s announcement includes the creation of 110 new regulated early learning and child care spaces within five years to help ensure families of children under six years old can access child care spaces that meet their needs. The Government of Canada’s investment builds...

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Ontario, not Quebec, holds the model for child care

The Globe and Mail, July 22, 2021 Excerpt: "Move over, Quebec. Want to build a system of early learning and child care? Start in Ontario. Ontario?! The province that couldn’t figure out how to keep its schools safe and open and whose biggest cities lost between 30 per cent and...

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Why the outdoors should be an integral part of every early learning and child-care program

The Conversation, July 18, 2021 Excerpt: "When we think of capital infrastructure costs for early learning and care, we tend to think about buildings, but we need to think carefully about outdoor spaces and reframe them as outdoor learning environments. Regulations across the country currently do not require more than...

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