Provinces Balk at Liberals’ Child Care Budget Pledge as Funding Negotiations Loom

Provinces Balk at Liberals’ Child Care Budget Pledge as Funding Negotiations Loom
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, centre, tables the federal budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 19, 2021. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Multiple provincial governments are questioning the Liberals’ promise of a national child-care system, saying they either feel the strings on the cash are too tight, or won’t necessarily help their provinces.

Yesterday’s federal budget outlined $27.2 billion over five years, starting this fiscal year, in new spending the Liberals want to send to provinces to subsidize daycares.