Liberals Set to Kick Start Talks on New Child Care System and Funding, Hussen Says

Liberals Set to Kick Start Talks on New Child Care System and Funding, Hussen Says
Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development Ahmed Hussen takes part in an update on the COVID pandemic during a press conference in Ottawa on Oct. 27, 2020. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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OTTAWA—Families Minister Ahmed Hussen says it will be mostly up to the provinces and territories how to spend hundreds of millions in new funding on their child-care workforce.

The Liberals unveiled the $420-million promise in last month’s economic statement, saying the money would be available to help lower levels of government train and retain early childhood educators.