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Ontario presses feds for more child care money as some for-profit operators protest

Published Oct 24, 2024 at 6:45pm

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Ontario presses feds for more child care money as some for-profit operators protest
Education Minister Jill Dunlop looks on during question period at Queen's Park in Toronto, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Ontario needs more money to properly deliver the national $10-a-day child-care program now and beyond the life of the current agreement, the province's education minister has told the federal minister in a new letter.

Education Minister Jill Dunlop suggests in her letter to federal Families Minister Jenna Sudds that the sustainability of the program is in jeopardy without more funding.

"Ontario remains deeply concerned about the structural deficit estimated at $1.95B in the first year beyond the current term of the agreement," Dunlop wrote.

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