Politics Briefing Conservative Leadership Hopefuls Charest And Poilievre At Odds Over Child Care

Conservative leaders Jean Charest and Pierre Poilievre, who exchange sharp rhetorical blows during the campaign, are now at odds over childcare policies. Mr Querest, the former Prime Minister of Quebec, said that as Prime Minister, he would retain the childcare agreements signed by the Federal Liberal Government with the provinces and territories and also extend access to Canada Child Benefit early in the second trimester of pregnancy. Both ideas were part of a series of childcare policies released on Tuesday. In a statement, Mr Charest’s campaign said childcare costs do not start after birth, so Canada’s Child Eligibility will be extended to the second trimester of pregnancy to give families a financial cushion. The campaign also said a Charest government would introduce a discount of up to 75 percent on childcare expenses for lower-income families whose children do not use a subsidized daycare center, and would make the discounts payable monthly. But Mr Charest’s plan was quickly rejected. On Tuesday, the Poilievre campaign said in a statement: “When Jean Charest was the Liberal Prime Minister in Quebec, he did nothing to support the choice of childcare and discriminated against families who did not use state care.” The campaign added that Mr Charest “also made life expensive for families” by raising sales tax in Quebec, fuel tax and imposing a health tax. Referring to the federal liberal childcare plan, Mr Poilievre’s campaign said it promised affordable daycare, but would wait to see if the latest promises were different before announcing plans to cut costs and expand options for all parents. Conservative candidate Patrick Brown, the mayor of Bradton, OD, meanwhile, targeted Mr Poilievre – and the prime minister – in a statement on childcare. “Unlike Pierre Poilievre, I would honor the agreements that have been signed with the provinces for affordable daycare and, unlike Justin Trudeau, make sure that these daycare facilities are truly constructed. “I also recognize that Canadians need a choice about how to raise their families,” the statement said. Mr Brown has made a number of commitments to the issue, including a system of tax deductions and direct contributions to the “appreciation of work provided by extended family members for raising children”. He also said he wanted to make it easier for extended family members living abroad to come to Canada to provide childcare to new Canadian families. In addition, he said he would ensure that parents working in gig-economy jobs or starting small businesses have equal access to parental leave benefits as others currently do. 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