An Act respecting early learning and child care
Bill C-208 was a Liberal Private Member's Bill respecting early learning and child care (ELCC) at the federal level. The bill codified the federal Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care framework targeting $10-a-day care by 2026 in all provinces and territories under the federal-provincial bilateral agreements worth $30 billion over five years (announced in 2021). The bill provided statutory backing for the bilateral framework, which the federal government had implemented through Budget Implementation Act 2022 amendments (Bill C-19, S.C. 2022, c. 10). Did not pass third reading on its own but the substantive ELCC framework was delivered through the bilateral-agreement program.
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Would give statutory backing to Canada's $10-a-day child-care plan, the $30-billion set of 2021 federal-provincial agreements targeting affordable early learning by 2026. The bill itself did not pass third reading, but the child-care framework was delivered through the bilateral agreements and the 2022 budget law.
Issues this bill touches
- Education
PMB version of the Early Learning and Child Care Act later carried as government C-35.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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