Billed as the province’s largest-ever capital investment in child care, the money is expected to help create 45,000 new spaces in schools, public buildings and workplaces by 2022, said Indira Naidoo-Harris, minister responsible for early years and child care. The money is part of the government’s new policy framework for child care announced by Naidoo-Harris and Education Minister Mitzie Hunter at a downtown Toronto child-care centre Tuesday. “This framework sets us on a path towards a universally accessible child-care system for Ontario families, one where every Ontario family that needs licensed child care can access that care,” Naidoo-Harris told reporters. that will be accessible and affordable.” If implemented, Ontario would become the first province outside Quebec to embrace the idea of universal child care. Guglielmi said he was thrilled by Ontario's new universal child-care plans.

Source: thestar June 06, 2017 22:52 UTC