News Release – Brampton, Ontario
The federal government’s early learning and child care plan is making a significant impact on Brampton families, empowering parents, particularly mothers, to re-enter the workforce and fuel Canada’s growing economy. MP Sonia Sidhu is thrilled that nearly half of the provinces and territories have already achieved the goal of delivering $10-a-day child care for families, an impressive three years ahead of schedule. In the remaining provinces and territories, fees have been reduced by at least half, and they are on track to achieve $10-a-day child care by 2026.
To continue to accelerate these efforts, MP Sidhu welcomes the establishment of the Early Learning and Child Care Infrastructure Fund, designed to support public and not-for-profit child care providers in offering affordable child care options for families by providing funding for necessary physical infrastructure such as real estate and building materials. This exciting initiative will provide an additional $625 million to provinces and territories to create child care spaces in communities where they are currently lacking.
The Early Learning and Child Care Infrastructure Fund will prioritize underserved communities, including those in rural and remote regions, high-cost and low-income urban neighborhoods, and communities facing access barriers, such as racialized groups, Indigenous Peoples, official language minority communities, newcomers, as well as parents, caregivers, and children with disabilities.
MP Sidhu recognizes that for many parents, finding child care spaces can be stressful, and often results in long waitlists. That is why space creation is a key pillar of the federal child care plan. The Early Learning and Child Care Infrastructure Fund will support child care providers so they can keep offering high-quality, affordable, flexible, and inclusive early learning and child care across the country.
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CONTACT:
The Office of Sonia Sidhu, Member of Parliament, Brampton South
P: (905) 846-0076 | E: [email protected]
