Is $10-a-day daycare broken in Alberta? | Power & Politics
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Roughly 25,000 child-care spots were closed to protest the federal $10-a-day child-care program on Tuesday, the Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs says. The organization's chair discusses concerns about unsustainable funding and cash flow, and the federal Minister of Families Jenna Sudds responds.
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I have run a licenced dayhome for 13 years and this $10 a day program has been a nightmare. The government has capped our fees for the last 2 years. Rents, mortgages, electricity, water, gas, food prices, and everything else required to provide quality child care has gone up in price. We're supposed to continue to provide the exact same quality of child care with figuratively less money. I've had to reorganize my entire child care program to try and financially make a go of it. I'm certainly not, nor have I ever had any sort of financial windfalls from having a child care program as most people believe. At this point I can barely afford to pay my own bills let alone the bills required to provide quality child care. Nobody's going to create new spaces in an unsustainable model. Child care workers deserve to make a living too... We are not a charity!
Do like in Quebec and tell parents that they have to make a top up "donation". That's what I experienced with Quebec's system (which existed long before this federal system).
We must instead of protests and harming parents , the issues must be addressed and you deserve to receive your money and absolutely have a right to know why the UCP is sitting on half of it rather than have spent it and given it as they were supposed too . Perhaps a class action lawsuit or some sort of inquiry among the day cares that are suffering. Regardless of what they were saying ( they were trying to be fair ) no other province is complaining. I am from military and know so many people in so many provinces, my aunt as well as my BFF both run a daycare and their payments have been there it isn't a issue, it sounds as though the YMCA is in Ontario but they may have something to do with wording of the contract and that it's not a daycare provider in a sense of a business. What they are trying to do in my opinion is push people into privitaztion, I'm sorry but the protest come on if I still had kids in daycare that daycare would have been fired and I would have hired a private babysitter at a fraction of the cost that's what I had to do years ago anyway even before this situation and it was do to the cost it was much to expensive daycare ate my whole paycheck pretty much so I had enough and got a private babysitter for as I said half the cost . I'm sorry you are having troubles and I sure hope they get fixed for you . But this is what happens when people vote conservative, cuts happen, money isn't given . It's not new ❤️
Everything the government takes on turns to crap! I think taking care of children is a hard job. I cannot stand these ideas. Many moms who don't work want to use it. lol
Imagine taking care of 20 kids per day and only being paid $200?
Ms. Churcher explained the nuance of this issue so well. Excellent interview.
The clarity of someone who lives the issues every day.
This is not an issue only in Alberta. In BC daycares are struggling too. The government has this nonsense cap on fees and some parents don't need to have the deductions. Make daycare affordable to the families who cannot afford it, based on income not universal. This system will eliminate the few existing daycares and cause further damage into a sector that is on the brink of collapse. It doesn't make sense, it needs to change fast!
It puts a huge layer of economic beuracracy between daycare providers and the market that they are supplying. It makes it much tougher to respond to wider changing market conditions. When has that ever worked? Quebec has had such a system for a long time. I lived there when I had my first child. The centers there required a "donation" to top up the low subsidied fee because the subsidies were not enough to run the facility. And nobody seemed to object to this "donation". It was just accepted.
In Sask dayhome providers get their payment upfront from the government at the beginning of the month.
This should be for parents who BOTH work . Don’t drop your kid off 11 hours to get your nails done and go to the gym . OUT 👉🏻 you don’t need childcare .
Is there limit per family? Say first nations can't keep legs closed have 5 kids does government fund those 5 kids or limit in place?
Why doesn't the government pay upfront, or, stagger payment so they pay February's costs in the middle of January, assuring the childcare centre is well funded? It makes total sense you can't compensate at the end of the month, no one could think that's a smart solution.
Do you actually think the Government who is broke btw, should tackle this when healthcare has completely collapsed and nurses and doctors are leaving, no more abuse. If they do not invest in healthcare now, I do hope that leads to a U.S model. Their hospitals compete with one another.
I know this isn't ideal, but can't you use the previous months (85%) toward the present month? And if there is some kind of break, make sure you bank that money for when it's needed.
The previous month's money is spent already!
@@jptrainorthey mean the money that the Alberta government didn't spend on the program last year and it's a good question I'm not sure they should be able to though
@@kylaskretting4062 I'm pretty sure it's a reference to how the operators use their subsidy payments from prior months, and if they use an surplus to pay the bill of the present month. The problem with that, is finances to too tight for many of these operators to accumulate a surplus.
The problem she describes is a lag in the fimding of three months, this problem disappears after the initial three months.
So it sounds like that the budget has been handed over, but funding is not allocated to people who should have access to. It looks like very usual privatization tactic where provincial government delays or wastes the budget, so people get upset and start looking for private care. By this, provincial doesn’t get any blame while attaining its goal to channel people toward the private care system with higher price. Only unprivileged people suffer from. A very typical meritocracy. Exactly same operation has been done for the housing system where provincials canceled unanimously all the public non-market projects and used the budget to give away public lands to private developers and to build unnecessary infrastructures for them as well. People get fooled over and over by the same tactic. And the worst is that many people want now those manipulators in provincial governments to be in the federal government as well. Our future doesn’t bode well.
Exactly, and I live here he did bring up the YMCA in Ontario but that's it for complaining so yet again it's Alberta complaining one must ask themselves why is it always Alberta complaining? And again protesting so parents can't go to work it's disgusting it is a necessity for people. I'm just tired of it , it's constantly something I'm sure they will complain about dental too 😔 I would sue period it's provincal and they do recieve the money parents did NOT support the protests the parents are in a contract with their daycare it's unacceptable and protests just hurt the children. They have already signed this contract with the government it's a done deal so they better get it together and they aren't even using the money !!!!
@@kylaskretting4062 Always complaining about what? Just last month it was Atlantic MPs "complaining" about affordability of home heating fuel. They got an exemption from the carbon tax and an offer of a free heat pump install in exchange. So if talking about real issues and concerns is complaining, then bring on the complaining. It seems to work.
@@jptrainor I will be very clear here Alberta is always #1 in the areas that we shouldn't want to be #1 in , there that's all I say maybe it will prompt you to actually educate yourself on politics.
@@kylaskretting4062 Sounds like you have an axe to grind.
@@jptrainor Not at all I do love Alberta I just wish that there wasn't such an uneduation problem that's it and that's a fair thing to say , when you live somewhere where you are educated on politics and care and your government hurts their people like in this case ( sitting on half the money , then deflecting towards Trudeau) it's very frustrating because the same problems keep happening yet the wrong area of government is blamed then the problems never get fixed , I would just rather the politicians wouldn't lie so deeply about so many things, obviously politicians lie but the UCP really takes the cake there of course they do though it's the only way they can win . Look what happened Smith came out and just pretty much ran on what they actually do believe and she lost half the vote and the votes she did receive alot were from people told by the UCP at their door during the campaign that they were planning of replacing Smith and not to worry about all these things that she is saying . The bottom line is most people if aware would not vote against their best interests
Day care cost for us before the program 990$ a month. Day care cost for us after the program 1650 - 450(govt subsidy) = 1200$. Works to 55$ a day. Yet another stupidity.
Can someone explain the 10.00 a day. Because I just went for a tour at a care centre. And there regular cost was for a full time 5days a week toddler was 1780.00 a month, and with the grant is 706.00 plus subsidy is 266.00. So the total cost would be 806.00. Would not add up to 10.00 a day. Plus there were waitlist fees and annual fees. I just want to understand.
Note: It is suppose to 'get to' $10. No daycare is there yet, averages are $30 - $40 a day, which is still a huge savings over years ago, when you'd pay closer to $85 a day. Most centres are half the cost now for parents, but there is still more coming to help families.
@janetst.germain2931 thank you. I was not sure. Being a first-time parent. But It does make me think about all the single parents out there. How can they afford it. Crazy world.
Oh boy, here we go again. The previous post today was pretty bad, filled with a lot of really negative comments toward people who use child care.
How do the day care providers get paid for their day of work?
Do you mean during the closures or in general under this $10/day program?
The joy of contributing to the workforce.
Where is the provincial government. Why don’t they pay earlier
@jennasudds did you hear that? Parents can’t get the benefits if operators can’t make it work! What part don’t you get?
The part where a huge portion of the fund disbursed to alberta didn't get spent?
Were you not paying attention? Every other province is working this well , why is it always Alberta complaining. In Alberta they didn't even spend half the money last year ! This is an obvious situation where again in Alberta they have voted against their best interests this will lead to privitaztion as they want it too and only the middle class and poor will suffer again because of Alberta really understand that ! This government has been hurting people for years and years and they always just blame the feds and deflect when it is a provincial problem, now this morning Smith of course is doing just that demanding more money when A. The contract has been signed the UCP agreed to this and signed it and B. Half the money they didn't even use so this isn't a money issue. Let's hope this is the thing that will wake Albertans up to the fact their government hurts them not the feds and they will eventually vote wiser and more for a party in their best interests not one that does bad things and lies and deflects to the feds i mean this has always been there go to to get votes because people don't understand politics - bottom line this is a provincial problem
#atwhatcost
So those families save $4000 dollars a year for a few years, and then pay for the program for the rest of their lives. 😂
Yes, its called being part of a society. I don't have kids, but I'm still paying.
@@TocYoungerexactly my kids are out of Daycare I don't mind at all , anything to help those families it's extremely expensive I was working to pay for daycare at one point
So short sighted. Affordable child care saves wealthy jerks and child free people money as well by allowing parents to particiate in the work force. People complain tjat they cant find workers....and then day they dont want to subsidize day care. Face palm
@@TocYounger I knew this program would fail, called it as soon as I heard. It is not doing good in any provinces, it will end up costing them money, watch.
Communism vs reality
This was the most arrogant Liberal Minister I have ever seen. She blames Alberta for the program her
Alberta inked the deal with the feds on this. Daycare owners are just big mad they can't gouge working class parents anymore.
Because Alberta didn't spend the full amount that was disbursed last year.
Of course because Alberta signed it !!!! What don't you understand here ? The UCP signed this contract and agreed to it , they didn't half too at all and they have left half the money on the table !!! Stop allowing the UCP to deflect blame to the feds for something that is provincial and educate yourself read the comments!!!
Because Alberta wants to steal this money! So that no one rely on them for CPP. VERY CORRUPTED!
Cash flow? You're a business. You've been doing business for a while. If you're not successful by now? Do the math. Get a business account at the bank. What kind of business owner are you? Incompetent?
They don't want to work for the government! Why is that an issue? The healthcare system has completely collapsed and they are trying to take on daycare and dental?
#noonecares
Daycare owners are big mad because they can't gouge working class parents anymore. My aching heart bleeds.
Nobody is forcing you to use a daycare.
@jptrainor when two incomes are needed to float a household, yes, they are.
@@TocYounger So that's not a daycare problem. That's a wider economic and societal issue. Do you think the economic factors that make household expense high stop at your front door?
@jptrainor yes, but universal,.subsidized daycare is a great way to help the situation.
@@TocYounger If you think so, okay. That's fine. But that doesn't mean that daycare owners are "gouging" people. All this "gouging" opinon demonstrates is that people, as usual, don't place much value on childcare.