"Ensure ELCC providers have good wages, which is critical to keeping child care centres staffed. We will work with provinces and territories so that workers have predictable wage increases and investments in pensions and benefits programs." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Require provinces, territories, and municipalities to expand child care in public infrastructure wherever possible, including in schools and community centres, and in community infrastructure that receives federal financing, so families can get child care close to home." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Protect and strengthen $10-a-day Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) system to create 100,000 new spaces by 2031. This will increase the supply of not-for-profit and public early learning and child care, getting more families off wait lists, and saving families money. It will also create 35,000 jobs for early learning and child care workers." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Link child care with housing development on sites that receive federal financing or affordable housing funds. When child care is considered from the start of the development process, it ensures spaces grow alongside communities, saving time and money, and giving more children and families access, earlier." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Expand access for underserved communities, including ruralareas, Indigenous communities, and families with children with disabilities.

» Ensure that every region in Canada has adequate child-care spaces, with priority for historically underserved areas."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Address workforce shortages by increasing wages and improving working conditions for child-care professionals.

» Develop a national child-care workforce strategy, including higher wages, better training, and improved career pathways."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully fund the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework, ensuring that all Indigenous-led child care programs receive adequate support." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Eliminate all remaining financial barriers to access.

» Ensure that additional fees, waitlist costs, and administrative hurdles do not prevent families from accessing the $10-a-day child care system."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure child-care facilities remain climate-conscious, energy-efficient, and located near public transit.

» Provide targeted federal funding to retrofit and build child-care centers with green building standards and climate resilience in mind."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25