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Alberta signs extension on child-care deal with Ottawa, but only for a year
Alberta secures $1.17 billion in federal funding to maintain $15/day child care, add 5,000 for-profit spaces, and remove limits on funded family day-home spaces.
- On Friday, Federal Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu and Alberta Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announced a one-year extension through March 31, 2027, with Ottawa pledging $1.17 billion.
- With the previous deal due to expire April 1, 2026, officials chose a one-year extension after the original November 2021 agreement set a $10-per-day goal amid criticisms of a "cookie-cutter" approach by Jason Kenney, former Alberta premier.
- The program has generated 51,000 subsidized spaces over four years, with a goal of 68,700 spaces by March 31, 2027, including 5,000 additional for-profit spaces and family day-home operator limit removal.
- Alberta families will continue paying about $15 a day as costs fell from highs near $100 per day, a change Ottawa says saves families thousands.
- As talks continue toward a permanent pact, Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta Education and Childcare Minister, called the one-year temporary deal an important bridge providing stability while Patty Hajdu, Federal Jobs and Families Minister, said Canada faces growing pains building a consistent child-care system.
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The governments of Canada and Alberta have reached a one-year extension to their early learning and child-care agreements, pledging to keep fees at an average of $15 per day through March 2027.
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Read Full ArticleAlberta signs extension on child-care deal with Ottawa, but only for a year
Ottawa will provide an additional $1.17 billion to Alberta in order to extend the federal-provincial subsidized child-care program for another year. The previous agreement was set to expire in April. Alberta is the last province to sign on to an extension.
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