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Author: Dave McGinn
Publication Date: January 27, 2026 - 00:01
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National $10-a-day child-care program expected to miss target, report says
January 27, 2026
The national child-care program that promised to reduce fees to about $10 a day by this spring is expected to be approximately 90,000 spaces short of its target, and most of the licensed spots that have opened are in the for-profit sector, according to a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report.
The federal government announced the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care program in the 2021 budget. By March, 2022, the provinces and territories had all agreed to create more than 284,000 spaces by March 31, 2026.
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s national security advisor said Russia’s information war against Canada is increasingly successful as more and more Canadians believe Ukraine began the war caused by Russia’s invasion in 2022.
Nathalie Drouin, Carney’s outgoing national security and intelligence advisor (NSIA), told MPs Tuesday she was concerned by Russia’s growing success in influencing Canadians with misinformation and disinformation campaigns since 2021.
“The presence of Russia has changed” since 2021, Drouin told MPs on the Procedure and House Affairs committee. “Russia wants...
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