Children entering kindergarten are starting school this fall. While the 2.5-hour kindergarten day commonly found in Manitoba schools sounds like a pleasant transition to the school system, in truth it...

Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang wrote a pretty good policy analysis paper for the CD Howe Institute back in March 2026 entitled “From Promise to Practice: A Critical Review of the Federal Childc…

This study examined disparities in early learning and child care (ELCC) use, types of care and barriers to access among vulnerable Canadian families using data from the 2023 Canadian Survey on Early L...

British Columbia is lagging behind other provinces when it comes to universal affordable child care, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Of the 35 cities studie...

Only 11 of 35 cities studied have reached $10-a-day fees five years into the national program

Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) is one of the most consequential social-policy achievements in recent Canadian history, delivering a rapid and measurable reduction in the cost of re...

Nearly three decades on, low-fee child care is a program that keeps on giving.

After five years of Canada's federal child care program parents are paying less. But most families still pay more than $10 a day

A new economic report released recently found that the expansion of affordable child care in Ontario has delivered billions of dollars in economic benefits for the province. The report, The Economic Impact of Affordable Child Care in Ontario, authored by economist Dr. Jim Stanford of the Centre for Future Work, estimates that Ontario’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024 was $13.6 billion higher than it would have been without the expansion of affordable child care beginning in 2019.

Kids stand to gain from a few bumps, bruises and mud-splatters

Reform needs to address liscencing regulation, curriculum frameworks, standards of practice for early childhood educators and post-secondary preparation.

Reform needs to address liscencing regulation, curriculum frameworks, standards of practice for early childhood educators and post-secondary preparation.