When it comes to the high cost of daycare in Ontario, the Progressive Conservative plan to give parents a financial break through a new tax rebate doesn’t add up, critics say. Since Ontario has 420,000 licensed child-care spots, there doesn’t appear to be enough money to cover even one third of children currently using this care, Friendly noted. I think the quality of their costing analysis attains the standard I expect, and the cost estimates are reasonable.”But critics say the scheme will do nothing to build a system of high quality, affordable child care for parents who desperately need it. “People who know that they want affordable, quality child care are going to be very careful of what this Conservative plan looks like,” said Horwath. “I don’t know why people keep suggesting these cash schemes when international evidence clearly shows it doesn’t work,” she said.

Source: thestar November 29, 2017 23:37 UTC