In a bid to deal with Ontario’s high child care costs, the Wynne government will offer free licensed care for preschoolers at an average saving of $17,000 per child.
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Every Ontario preschooler will have access to free licensed child care from age 2 1/2 until they start kindergarten under a “historic” $2.2 billion budget boost to licensed care, Premier Kathleen Wynne pledged Tuesday.
“Not being able to find or afford child care is stressful. It is troubling, and it is holding families back at a time when it is already hard enough to get ahead,” Wynne told parents at Nelson Mandela Park Public School in Regent Park about the plan, which will begin in 2020.