Temporary relief as Ontario child care deal extended, but advocates slam agreement for freezing wage improvements, stalling fee reductions, and making no new commitments to make affordable child care available for more families

Child Care, Solidarity

TORONTO – Child care advocates, early childhood educators, and parents are expressing a mixture of relief and severe frustration following the announcement of a four-year extension to the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) agreement that sets no new targets to strengthen or expand the system. While the extension averts an immediate funding cliff…