Not much difference. Moreover, at least part of the increase will likely be gobbled up by inflation. Like many Canadians, Ms. Brodie has long suspected the system rewards dual-income families because the government stands to net more money by taxing two incomes instead of one. And so far, it has not had to pay back that money in the form of day-care funding or credits for child care. We incur far greater costs than a single-income family, and many different kinds of costs.
Day care is one cost.
But not all families approach child care the same way. Every family should have the option to do what suits their needs. That said, the Brodies greeted Canada's first truly good-news budget in decades with measured approval. The decision to reinvest some of the surplus in health care, infrastructure and education pleased them. I want those services to be in place for my children.