We looked at what happened in some jurisdictions in the country where child care fees have been lowered, namely Quebec. We also looked at how much demand there is, looking at the demographics for that age group that goes into day care and the expected population over the next several years. We also looked at current costs and the demand, the unmet demand and the demand, and we arrived at an estimate that, with the current funding....
The lower fees will be inducing higher demand, which is what happened in Quebec over the last several years. Taking into consideration the amounts that have been mentioned and set aside and the agreements with provinces, we estimate that the funding will lead to a shortfall of about 182,000 full-time spaces for child care at that price level.