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Quick facts about the NDP's $15-a-day child care plan

On Tuesday, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair unveiled a new proposal to create up to a million new child care spots over the next eight years. Here's a look at some of the details.

'Affordability, availability and quality' the founding principles of new proposal

The Canadian Press ·
Youngsters play as NDP leader Thomas Mulcair holds a press conference at a daycare in Ottawa on Tuesday, October 14, 2014. The New Democrats are proposing a national child-care program that would cost no more than $15 a day per child. (Sean KIlpatrick/The Canadian Press)

Some facts about the NDP's new child-care policy, announced Tuesday:

What is it? A national system of early childhood education and child-care programs negotiated with the provinces, enshrined in law and given predictable, long-term funding.

Principles: Affordability, availability and quality.

Number of spaces: Program will create or support one million spaces after an eight-year phase-in.

Cost to government: Annual federal commitment rises to $5 billion a year after eight years.

Cost to parents: No more than $15 a day for each child.

Cost to parents today: Average monthly payment of $1,152 in Ontario, $825 in Nova Scotia and $1,047 in British Columbia.

Access today: The NDP says only 22.5 per cent of children five and under have access to regulated child care, although 73.5 per cent of their mothers are in the work force.

Source: NDP

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