Ottawa, Alberta reach deal for 'affordable, quality child care,' province says
CBC
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are expected to announce details of a child-care agreement Monday morning.
A deal for "affordable, quality child care" has been reached, the province said in a news release Sunday evening.
Trudeau, along with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould, will be joined by Kenney and Alberta Minister of Children's Services Rebecca Schulz at a news conference in Edmonton scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. MT on Monday.
Ottawa announced $30 billion over five years and $8.3 billion ongoing with the aim to create a quality and affordable child-care system as part of this year's budget, unveiled last April.
The federal budget stipulates any new plan must meet three criteria:
The Alberta government launched negotiations with Ottawa in July, before the federal election was called.
In August, Kenney was demanding the federal government give the province unconditional funding for early learning and child care similar to what Quebec has negotiated.
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