# Federal budget announces Canada-wide $10-a-day child-care plan

Date: 2021

Primary responsibility for early learning, preschool and child care in Canada rests with the 13 provincial and territorial governments. The federal role is governed by the Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act, enacted in 2024, and involves a national scheme of transfer payments to those governments, who in turn use it to fund low-cost regulated spaces. To this end, the Act requires the federal government to enter into bilateral agreements with the provinces and territories, which form the backbone of the…

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