Kids First info sheet Costs—Daycare, Preschool, All-Day Kindergarten compiled a few years ago gives actual costs reported by different governments in Quebec, BC, Sweden and US. EXAMPLE: Nearly $16,000/yr for centre operating costs alone for infant care in Quebec in 2001 – with 1 baby for 1 staff person.
Kids First Info sheet “The More You Spend The More You Save” shows how the daycare lobby low-balls costs and pads benefit estimates:
Oct 2015, Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation paper, CTF Fact Check: NDP Lowballs Daycare Plan Costs (broken link)
kidsfirstcanada.org 