News & Stories: Policy Monitor

Excerpt: "Starting this month, the CCB will provide families with up to $8,157 per child under the age of 6 and up to $6,883 per child aged 6 to 17. This represents an increase of up to $160 per child under age 6 and up to $135 per child aged 6 to 17 compared to the previous year, helping families manage everyday expenses such as groceries, clothing and child care. In Manitoba alone, the CCB provides over $1.4 billion in benefits to approximately 153,000 families each year, helping reduce financial pressures and contributing to the financial stability of households across the province."

Excerpt: "Starting this month, the CCB will provide families with up to $8,157 per child under the age of six and up to $6,883 per child aged six to 17. This represents an increase of up to $160 per child under age six and up to $135 per child aged six to 17 compared with the previous year, helping families manage everyday expenses such as groceries, clothing and childcare. In Alberta alone, the CCB provides over $4 billion in benefits to approximately 500,000 families each year, helping reduce financial pressures and contributing to the financial stability of households across the province."

Excerpt: "Starting this month, the CCB will provide families with up to $8,157 per child under the age of 6 and up to $6,883 per child aged 6 to 17. This represents an increase of up to $160 per child under age 6 and up to $135 per child aged 6 to 17 compared to the previous year, helping families manage everyday expenses such as groceries, clothing and child care. In British Columbia alone, the CCB provides over $3.2 billion in benefits to approximately 457,000 families each year, helping reduce financial pressures and contributing to the financial stability of households across the British Columbia."

Excerpt: "Starting this month, the CCB will provide families with up to $8,157 per child under the age of 6 and up to $6,883 per child aged 6 to 17. This represents an increase of up to $160 per child under age 6 and up to $135 per child aged 6 to 17 compared to the previous year, helping families manage everyday expenses such as groceries, clothing and child care. In New Brunswick alone, the CCB provides over $641 million in benefits to approximately 81,000 families each year, helping reduce financial pressures and contributing to the financial stability of households across New Brunswick."

Excerpt: "Launched in September 2024, the $8.6-billion Schools Now program is focused on building and renovating schools as quickly as possible to keep up with Alberta’s rapid population growth. With more than 90,000 students joining Alberta’s education system in just four years, these schools are greatly needed."

Excerpt: "Childcare Commitments: A strong, stable and ready workforce is essential to delivering on these commitments. To support labour force participation and skilled trades training and readiness, Canada and British Columbia commit to renegotiating the terms of the existing Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Canada-wide agreements to enable a stable and adequately resourced vision for the delivery of early learning and childcare in B.C. Canada and British Columbia will work to reach agreement on these terms through bilateral discussions led by the responsible ministers in each jurisdiction, including consideration for school-aged children."

Excerpt: "The Annual Statistical Review is a comprehensive and trustworthy document that policy makers, entrepreneurs, community and business leaders, and others repeatedly turn to for reliable data to support them in confidently making informed decisions, irrespective of the questions raised by global events. The Review provides readers with high-level information collected from over 100 data tables on a wide range of topics such as demography, labour, economic accounts, primary industry, manufacturing, and more. The information is compiled from a variety of sources, including Statistics Canada, provincial government departments, and the private sector. All tables are referenced to the source for those interested in more detailed information on these topics and to provide transparency to our process."

Excerpt: "To protect Ontario children, regulations under the Child Care and Early Years Act have been amended to implement new health and safety requirements in child care settings, including making sure emergency medications can be accessed quickly, expanding the list of serious criminal offences that prohibit an individual from working in child care and clarifying unacceptable conduct in licensed programs."

Excerpt: "“Over the last three months, the panel established its workplan and began engaging with key partners, employees, the public and school communities. This work included extensive research and a review of previous reports. I have reviewed the status report, and we will advance its initial recommendations as soon as possible. As outlined at the start of this process, this review is examining how the Department of Education supports learners at every stage, from kindergarten through Grade 12 and post-secondary and adult learners. The review is also examining how services are delivered across the territory’s three school authorities."

Excerpt: "In spring 2026, the Ontario government announced $1.6 billion to support 79 school construction projects, including 11 French-language school board projects, to address local student space pressures across the province. Sixty-seven projects were approved for $1.3 billion in provincial support through the 2025-26 capital priorities program, with the remaining 12 projects receiving funding of nearly $300 million through the 2026-27 program. The total funding amount includes $87 million in child care capital funding. The 79 approved projects will create over 29,000 new student spaces and over 1,900 new licensed child care spaces across Ontario."

Excerpt: "e Family Resource Network program consists of 70 networks made up of 131 partner agencies offering services
ranging from universal prevention to more targeted and intensive supports. Families are connected to resources that promote resilience, positive relationships and healthy development through parenting workshops, playgroups, mentoring, youth outreach, cultural activities and in-home supports. Programs are designed to reduce the risk of child maltreatment and support strong communities. Additionally, families have access to home visitation services that provide in-home parenting education and family support services to expectant parents and those with children 0 to 6 years of age. These programs help ensure children have a good foundation in their early years, youth have the resources they need, and parents and caregivers are supported in raising their families."

Excerpt: "Students in every public school will have access to healthy, affordable lunches when the final phase of the Nova Scotia School Lunch Program launches in high schools this September. For the 2026-27 school year, lunches will be available in all 372 public schools across the province, offering more than 133,000 students access to nutritious food during the school day."