More Funding

Since the OECD’s embarrassing exposé, the provinces have upped their contribution from .25 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to .6 percent. This includes $3 billion added to provincial/territorial ECE budgets since 2011. Canada is now on its way to spending the 1 percent of GDP that would bring it in line with early education investments made by other OECD countries.

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