National Daycare Program Spaces Fail to Materialize Due to Workforce Shortages

National Daycare Program Spaces Fail to Materialize Due to Workforce Shortages
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, back centre, plays with children in a daycare centre after reaching an agreement on $10-a-day child care with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, not pictured, in Brampton, Ont., on March 28, 2022. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
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A national daycare program has created a limited number of the promised 276,000 spaces under Ottawa’s $30 billion subsidy, according to documents from the Department of Social Development.

The daycare system has had thousands of job openings pop up in the past three years due to roughly 15,000 workers leaving for higher-paying jobs, according to a recently published department briefing note first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.