Federal Liberals have more work to do on child care, Trudeau says
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government wants to ensure Canadians can raise their families in the way that they want, but acknowledged that different provincial perspectives make it tough to craft a child-care strategy for the country.
The federal Liberals have talking child care with the provinces and territories for the last year after vowing during the 2015 election to bring down the cost and increase the availability and quality of daycare spaces nationwide.
The plan is supposed to be finalized and made public next year — just in time for a budget that promises to have a long-term commitment to the provinces.
“Any national perspective on child care will have 10, possibly plus three, very different ways of approaching it and that’s one of the strengths and challenges of our federal system,” Trudeau said Monday during a year-end press conference.