The federal government says Ontario submitted its spending plan for billions of dollars in proposed child-care funding “late last week.”
A spokeswoman for Families Minister Karina Gould said Tuesday that negotiations on the proposed $10-a-day child-care deal are able to “move to the next phase” now that Ontario has submitted its plan.
Mohammad Hussain said in an e-mail that all provincial and territorial governments were asked to submit plans on how they would meet objectives set by the federal government.
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Ottawa’s goals for the funding include reducing fees by an average of 50 per cent by the end of this year and getting fees to an average of $10 per day by 2026.
Ontario is the only province that has yet to strike a deal with Ottawa on the child-care plan, after all other provinces and territories signed on.
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says all plans requested by the federal government have been submitted.
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