Will Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole axe $6B in child-care money promised to Quebec?
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OTTAWA — The question of what would happen to the $6-billion in child-care funding promised to Quebec by the Liberal government if the Conservatives win power Sept. 20 was one the Tory leader wouldn’t answer during the first televised leaders’ debate Thursday.
Erin O’Toole was pressed repeatedly during the French-language debate hosted by TVA to specify the fate of the deal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau announced alongside Quebec Premier Francois Legault before the election was called.
When pushed on it, the Conservative leader simply said he would co-ordinate with Legault and that he respects provincial jurisdiction, prompting Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet to question what “co-ordinate” means.
Trudeau has touted Quebec’s subsidized child-care system, which costs $8.50 a day for families able to get a spot, as an example the rest of Canada should follow after introducing a national daycare program in its April budget.
