Child care will start getting cheaper on April 1.
Ontario and the federal government have just reached a multi-billion dollar deal that could save parents with young kids some serious money on child care.
On March 28, Premier Doug Ford alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that they have reached a $13.2 billion multi-year agreement that will cut child care fees by up to 25% by April 1, 2022, to a minimum of $12 a day.
By December 2022, parents can expect another 25% reduction, which will see total costs cut in half from what parents are used to paying.
“Savings per child, by the end of 2022, of an average of $6,000 a year. That is real money for families at a time where we know costs of living continue to go up, the situation in Ukraine, the coming out of COVID, the challenges that our economies are facing means that this is real money that will stay in the pockets of families this year to help with everything else,” Trudeau said during the press conference.
By September 2025, fees are expected to be reduced to an average of just $10 a day. The deal also includes the creation of about 86,000 new child care spaces for kids 5 years old and younger.
“This deal will immediately reduce the cost of child care in Ontario and provide refunds retroactive to April 1,” Ford said.
According to the Ontario government, parent rebates will begin in May, retroactive to April 1, after licenced centres and agencies are enrolled in the new system.
托兒服務將從 4 月 1 日開始變得更便宜。
安大略省和聯邦政府剛剛達成了一項價值數十億美元的協議，可以為有小孩的父母節省一些大筆的托兒費用。
3 月 28 日，道格·福特總理與賈斯汀·特魯多總理宣布，他們已達成一項價值 132 億美元的多年期協議，到 2022 年 4 月 1 日，托兒費將最多削減 25%，至每天至少 12 美元。
到 2022 年 12 月，父母可以預期再減少 25%，這將使父母習慣支付的總成本減少一半。
“到 2022 年底，每個孩子每年平均節省 6,000 美元。在我們知道生活成本繼續上漲、烏克蘭局勢、新冠疫情爆發、我們的經濟面臨的挑戰意味著，這是今年將留在家庭口袋中的真金白銀，以幫助解決其他一切問題，”特魯多在新聞發布會上說。
到 2025 年 9 月，費用預計將降至平均每天 10 美元。該協議還包括為 5 歲及以下的兒童新建約 86,000 個托兒所。
福特說：“這筆交易將立即降低安大略省的托兒費用，並提供追溯至 4 月 1 日的退款。”
根據安大略省政府的說法，家長退稅將從 5 月開始，追溯至 4 月 1 日，在獲得許可的中心和機構註冊新系統後。
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