McGuinty keeps up child-care pressure; Harper rejects 'one-off' deals Premier NDP plans bill to maintain program ONT Edition

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has assured Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty that no province - not even Quebec - will be given special treatment as the Conservatives wind down the Liberal child-care program. A spokesman for Harper this week said the Prime Minister had offered to negotiate a transition...

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Published inToronto star
Main Author Andrew Mills and Robert Benzie
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto, Ont Torstar Syndication Services, a Division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited 10.02.2006
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Summary:Prime Minister Stephen Harper has assured Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty that no province - not even Quebec - will be given special treatment as the Conservatives wind down the Liberal child-care program. A spokesman for Harper this week said the Prime Minister had offered to negotiate a transition period with Quebec, regarding child-care policies. Quebec has its own daycare network which it pays for on its own. If the NDP's legislation passes, Harper would likely have to go through Parliament before doing away with national child care. Though the Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois share the NDP's goal of national child care, it's still unclear if they would vote for the NDP child care bill in the Commons.
ISSN:0319-0781