The National Child Care Plan is a national plan implemented by the Federal government to create more child care spaces available at an
affordable cost. During the 2015 elections, the NDP proposed a National Child Care Plan and promised a goal of one million child care spaces at a
maximum cost of $15 a day if they were elected. “According to the NDP
there are currently 500,000 children who have regulated child care and
800,000 who don’t.” This would still leave 300,000 children
with child care costing more than $15 a day. Since the Liberals were
elected, the NDP’s National Child Care Plan hasn’t been a topic of
discussion as Justin Trudeau, the leader of the Liberal party,
implemented a child tax benefit that allots $6,400 a year per child
under the age of six and $5,400 to children 6-7 years of age. Making a
total of $23 billion invested. As early childhood educators we want to
advocate having a National Child Care plan as it benefits children,
families, educators and citizens across the country.
its impossible to find anything decent under 50 bucks a day where i live. this is way overdue considering how hard we all work just to afford basic care.