But what Mr. Mulcair didn’t say is it’s the NDP that can’t afford not to make child care a spending priority. It’s a big ticket item but it has the potential to make Mr. Mulcair look like a hero in Quebec, where he needs to hold on to more than 50 seats.
The Quebec government has made it clear that it can no longer afford to subsidize the province’s $7-a-day daycare – a program that costs $2.7-billion for 223,000 spaces. The options open to Philippe Couillard’s government range from axing the program entirely to introducing a new pricing structure that could be adjusted to reflect parental income.
But that was before Captain Quebec burst onto the scene. Mr. Mulcair said the NDP plan will build on the Quebec model – the one that is now deemed unaffordable. “We will help Quebec keep this social asset,” he said. The information sheet accompanying the press release makes it clear that the NDP plans to support the Quebec plan through direct transfers, “helping to maintain and strengthen the system”.
The news that yet more taxpayers’ money from outside Quebec is going to be poured into subsidized daycare in that province is likely to go down like a campaign to slaughter the Canadian beaver.
John Ivison: NDP’s plan to save Quebec daycare is as palatable as a campaign to kill the Canadian beaver | National Post
Not only is this plan idiotic, irresponsible, and incredibly expensive...........it will do the working poor absolutely no good.
The plan benefits relatively wealthy middle class professionals, who work Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 (or thereabouts) The poor work shifts, nights, holidays, weekends...........
They are excluded.
Typical silver-spoon socialist stupidity.
The Quebec government has made it clear that it can no longer afford to subsidize the province’s $7-a-day daycare – a program that costs $2.7-billion for 223,000 spaces. The options open to Philippe Couillard’s government range from axing the program entirely to introducing a new pricing structure that could be adjusted to reflect parental income.
But that was before Captain Quebec burst onto the scene. Mr. Mulcair said the NDP plan will build on the Quebec model – the one that is now deemed unaffordable. “We will help Quebec keep this social asset,” he said. The information sheet accompanying the press release makes it clear that the NDP plans to support the Quebec plan through direct transfers, “helping to maintain and strengthen the system”.
The news that yet more taxpayers’ money from outside Quebec is going to be poured into subsidized daycare in that province is likely to go down like a campaign to slaughter the Canadian beaver.
John Ivison: NDP’s plan to save Quebec daycare is as palatable as a campaign to kill the Canadian beaver | National Post
Not only is this plan idiotic, irresponsible, and incredibly expensive...........it will do the working poor absolutely no good.
The plan benefits relatively wealthy middle class professionals, who work Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 (or thereabouts) The poor work shifts, nights, holidays, weekends...........
They are excluded.
Typical silver-spoon socialist stupidity.