Nova Scotia NDP promising $15-a-day child care plan beginning next year
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia New Democrats are promising to bring in $15-a-day child care beginning next year if they win the May 30 provincial election, a pledge the other parties quickly dismissed as likely beyond the province’s means.
Party leader Gary Burrill also said Tuesday that his party would provide free child care to families whose net income is less than $30,000 annually and create 400 new spaces across the province.
Burrill says average monthly fees for licensed care currently are in the range of $825 for a toddler and $781 for a pre-schooler, and parents need more assistance.
“We know that parents face few struggles as widespread and difficult as the struggle to find affordable, quality child care for their kids,” he said.