With a Liberal government returning to Ottawa, N.S. premier expects child-care deal to stand
CBC
With the federal political landscape looking pretty much the way it did a month ago, Premier Tim Houston says he expects the affordable child-care agreement between Ottawa and Nova Scotia to proceed as planned.
"I think the deal was signed in good faith," Houston said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
Former premier Iain Rankin and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose federal Liberals won another minority goverment in Monday's election, announced the $605-million agreement in July that will result in $10-a-day child care in the province by 2026.
The deal also includes halving fees by the end of 2022, creating 9,500 early learning and child-care spaces by March 31, 2025, and providing one-time grants of $500 to early child-care educators while the government works on a framework to improve their pay and benefits by 2022.
The future of that deal could have been in jeopardy pending the outcome of Monday's federal election, as Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said he would scrap deals provinces signed with Trudeau ahead of the election.
Houston said Rankin and Trudeau felt at the time that the deal was in the best interest of the province and he agrees.
"We'll always look for opportunities to improve situations, to do a little better for Nova Scotians, but that's up to us to build the case to Ottawa and that will be my focus."
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