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. 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. 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. Ontario’s New Democrats say they would provide free child care for all families earning less than $40,000 a year, and would aim to have child-care costs averaging $12 per day for all other families. Scott added the tax rebate will run alongside the current federal and provincial programs that help fund child care for lower income families.

Source: thestar April 28, 2018 20:15 UTC