Canada

I hope the situation is better over there than in Ontario. Sure day care is getting cheaper for those who have it. However there is basically no availability to the point where I have a nanny for my kids.

When the wait lists are years.... what the hell is the point. Should you register before your planning on getting pregnant?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The NDP commitment goes beyond the terms of the federal plan to provide child care at an average cost of $10 a day.

Manitoba signed onto the agreement in 2021 and, starting this April, established $10 as the maximum price at regulated non-profit child-care centres, three years ahead of its 2026 target.

The maximum fee dropped marginally as a result from $10.30 to $10, said Jodie Kehl, executive director of the Manitoba Child Care Association.

Manitoba currently provides increased operating grants to child-care facilities with extended hours, but Kehl said financial incentives to the centres themselves aren't enough.

It may help if the government covered higher wages for staff working evening and weekend shifts, Kehl suggested.

"Proper funding, training and access to child care is a make-or-break situation for parents, [early childhood education] centres and workers, and Wab Kinew and the NDP are offering nothing of substance.

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