Ahmed Hussen says Ottawa is ready to pour money and political heft into a national child-care system by training up educators and creating more daycare spots now and in the coming years. He wants to see the federal government set national standards for daycare, complete with proper enforcement mechanisms. Still, child-care advocates, experts and economists have urged Ottawa to do much more and over the longer term. The Liberals promised a national daycare plan in 1993, but it languished until Paul Martin resurrected the idea when he became prime minister in 2003. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“We hope that the NDP doesn’t do what they did in 2006 and sink a system that will help parents across the country,” he said.

Source: thestar September 24, 2020 22:41 UTC