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"As Susana Ibarra’s maternity leave was ending and she was preparing to return
to her office outside Toronto, she still faced a big challenge: finding care
for her son and then figuring out how to pay for it.
Finally, after putting him on a dozen or so waiting lists, she landed a spot.
Even better, it came at a discounted fee of 600 Canadian dollars, or $450, a
month.
The low cost was the result of an ambitious day care plan expanding across
Canada, intended to drastically cut fees that supporters say will address one
of the most vexing problems facing many working parents.
“It was just perfect timing,” said Ms. Ibarra, who in January went back to work
as a paralegal at a tax services firm in Mississauga, a Toronto suburb. She had
heard plenty of stories of co-workers who stopped working once they had
children because child care costs were exorbitant.
The national day care plan was introduced two years ago by Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau’s government with a goal of steadily pushing down child care
costs so that, by 2026, tens of thousands of child care slots would be
available at daily fees of 10 Canadian dollars, roughly 200 dollars a month, or
less."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
