Screwing over parents, it's sad really

The National Post reports today that the Conservative government won't dictate rules on how the$250-million it will send provinces and territories this year to create daycare spaces should be spent.

Monte Solberg said the Tories have no plan to set national child-care standards, unlike the child-care plan of the former Liberal government. Mr. Solberg said he has put his provincial-and-territorial counterparts "on notice" the federal government expects them to use their share of the $250-million to build on their child-care systems.

The $250 million, which started flowing on April 1, is a mere one-quarter of the amount of the previous Liberal government's Child Care Plan and will replace the Conservatives' failed Big Box Daycare approach from their platform.

Under the Liberal plan, which the Conservatives cancelled, money was supposed to flow only to centres providing quality spaces at affordable prices that also offered an educational component.

So just to re-cap, provinces get 25 cents on the dollar and parents lose the assurance that the money is going to quality, regulated daycare spaces...Nice.