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  • Implemented Universal Child Care Benefit, which provides $1,920 per year for each child under the age of 6 and $720 per year for children aged 6 through 17 (this income is taxable) (1, 7)

  • States that support should go to all parents and families raising children, especially to lower- and middle-income parents (1)

  • Promised to increase the Adoption Expense Tax Credit from 15% of $15k to 15% of $20k, or 3k per child, and to make it refundable (10)


  • Will create a $15 dollar-per-day childcare service and open one million childcare spaces across Canada over the next decade (5)

  • Maintains that the childcare program would boost economic growth and tax revenue, as well as reduce the number of single mothers on social assistance (6)

  • Will honour the Universal Child Care Benefit (9)

  • Will provide long-term, secure funding to provinces and territories for early childhood education and child care services (2)

  • Promises to establish an enhanced and simplified child tax benefit (2)

  • Will expand access to parental leave (2)

  • Pledges to enact a law protecting childcare by enshrining it in legislation - the Canadian Early Childhood Learning and Care Act – to be a cornerstone of Canada, like the Canada Health Act (2)

  • Will fund $290 million for 60,000 spaces in its first year in power, which will grow to $1.86 billion by 2018 to create 370,000 new childcare spots (5)


  • Will get rid of the Universal Child Care Benefit, the Canada Child Tax Benefit, and the National Child Benefit Supplement, and institute a Universal Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) program with national standards and monitoring mechanisms (3)

  • Will arrange tax incentives to develop workplace ECEC and funding for post-secondary ECEC training to ensure quality of care (3, 12)

  • ECEC will provide up to $533 per month for every child under age six and $450 for children ages six to 17 You can find out how much you can save here (8)

  • Promises to increase funding for ECEC to 1% of GDP (3)

  • Will introduce a new income-tested, tax-free monthly Canada Child Benefit that will boost payments to all families with children and annual income below $150,000 (9)

  • Pledges to introduce two new parental leave options: the first will allow workers to take time off, return to work, and take more time off within an 18-month period. The second will let parents take a longer leave of up to 18 months, when combined with maternity benefits (11)



  • Will restore and revamp the 2005 agreement reached between the federal government, provinces, and territories to achieve a universal access child care program in Canada (4)

  • Promises to create a national Children’s Commissioner, as recommended by UNICEF, to ensure children’s best interests are considered in policy development and that services across the country are better coordinated (4)

  • Will ensure that Canada’s Universal Childcare Program provides workplace child care spaces wherever possible (4)

  • Will accelerate the creation of workplace childcare spaces through a direct tax credit to employers (or groups of employers in small businesses) of $1500 tax credit/child per year (4)

  • Pledges to promote and facilitate access to the Roots of Empathy Program, an award-winning program developed by a non-profit educational organization, to all Canadian children at some point in their elementary school years (4)

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References

  1. Conservative Policy Declaration
  2. NDP Policy Book
  3. Liberal Policy Resolutions
  4. Green Party Website
  5. CBC
  6. Global News
  7. Governement Website
  8. Ottawa Citizen
  9. Ottawa Citizen
  10. CBC
  11. CBC
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