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New Report Exposes Flaws in Federal Child-Care Scheme

New Report Exposes Flaws in Federal Child-Care Scheme
Children play at a daycare centre in Stouffville, Ont., May 2, 2025. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette
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Commentary

A report on the progress of the federal government’s child-care program has recently been published by the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU). The CRRU’s mandate includes “work to bring about a universal, publicly funded, high quality, inclusive and public/not-for-profit early learning and child care system in Canada.”

Andrea Hannen
Andrea Hannen
Author
Andrea Hannen is the executive director of the Association of Day Care Operators of Ontario, which represents independent licensed child care programs, both commercial and not-for-profit.