Nowhere in Canada is child care more wanting than in New Brunswick, which has no government operating grants for child-care centres and no requirement for staff to be trained. In British Columbia, all children must be tended to by at least one trained caregiver, while those caring for infants receive specialized education, and wages are government-subsidized. Ever since, it has shifted a share of the funding for fee subsidies and wage grants to the municipalities. I Care studies make a total of 32 recommendations. All provinces provide financial aid to child-care centres to encourage them to hire graduates of ECE programs and pay higher wages.
All provinces provide child-care centres with stable operating funds and wage subsidies.
All provinces identify and eliminate disincentives for caregivers in the home to becoming licensed. By 2003, all home caregivers without an ECE diploma must complete a basic family child-care course within the first year of providing care.