Federal Child-Care Subsidy Could Generate Aid Dependency, Lower Wealth Levels, Experts Warn

Federal Child-Care Subsidy Could Generate Aid Dependency, Lower Wealth Levels, Experts Warn
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau talks with a family following a child-care funding announcement in Montreal on Aug. 5, 2021. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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The governing Liberals made universal child care an election pledge during a campaign stop in Ontario on Aug. 17, two days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called an early election for Sept. 20.

But as more provinces sign up for the federal government’s universal child-care program, experts warn that the subsidy could lead to aid dependency among daycare centres and parents as well as lower wealth levels.