No agreement yet on national early childhood education program

[Boswells_Johnson]

VANCOUVER - Social Development Minister Ken Dryden predicted Friday there would be no quick deal on a national child-care program.

"There won't be a deal today but we're getting there," Dryden said as he sat down with representatives from the provinces and the territories at a hotel in Vancouver.

Dryden said the different governments have made substantial agreements on many points but there's a long way to go.

Child-care advocates who rallied outside the hotel said any agreement should include quality care, public accountability, public funding and not-for-profit delivery.

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It'll be fantastic when it finally gets up and running. Quebec and Alberta are preventing progress. (Surprise, surprise...)

[Spazito]

1. I agree it will be fantastic when it is finally instituted...

and long overdue.