An Ottawa family advocate is applauding the Ontario government's pledge to spend $1.6 billion to improve daycare services across the province. The government announced Tuesday it's creating 45,000 licensed child care spaces. Move toward universal child careAt an announcement this week, the minister responsible for early years and child care, Indira Naidoo-Harris, said the plan will set Ontario "on a path towards a universally accessible child care system." Now you need at least two or more incomes if you look at the cost of housing, the cost of transportation, the cost of child care," she said. Future benefits"And so whenever you can reduce one of those major expenses — for some people, they're spending as much on child care as they are on rent or on mortgage.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2017 15:00 UTC