To Cure Ontario’s Child-Care Woes, Fund Families Directly

Children play at a daycare in Coquitlam, B.C., on March 28, 2018. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Commentary

In Ontario, the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program (CWELCC), marketed to voters as $10-a-day child care, has resulted in long waiting lists and lack of access for families, suppression of wages for child-care staff, and crushing levels of government red tape.