LAU: Ottawa destroying child-care market

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On top of costing taxpayers tens of billions, with its national program the federal government is destroying the child\u002Dcare market and wreaking havoc for many…

As a letter last September from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and the Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs to the federal government put it, “many small businesses have not been able to open any new spaces under the $10 child care agreement.

At the end of January, the federal and Alberta governments finally announced that 22,500 new child-care spaces among the for-profit child-care sector would be funded. While this improves on the previous situation, the limit of 22,500 spaces is likely far too low. To make matters worse, the funding eligibility is tied to vaguely worded requirements under what’s called the Alberta Cost Control Framework and For-Profit Expansion Plan.

 

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