Ontario's Progressive Conservatives announced Saturday that if elected in the province's spring election, they will cover up to $6,750 of childcare costs for Ontario families through a tax rebate program. Low-income families would receive 75 per cent of their child-care costs back, at a maximum of $6,750; higher income families would receive an incrementally lower rate, bottoming out at 26 per cent of child-care costs for families earning $150,000 or more. (CBC) Tory leader Doug Ford has at times distanced himself from that document, but Saturday's tax rebate announcement is another example of Ford taking a page from Brown's platform. Liberals, NDP also release child-care plansThe pledge comes one month after Premier Kathleen Wynne released the Liberal party's child-care plan, which would provide free care for preschoolers aged two-and-a-half and older, until they reach kindergarten. Scott added the tax rebate will run alongside the current federal and provincial programs that help fund child care for lower income families.

Source: CBC News April 28, 2018 20:07 UTC