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Doug Ford and the PC party have just announced a big break for working parents: a new tax rebate that will help cover child care expenses regardless of whether that care is a licensed daycare, a nanny, an after-school program or a babysitter. The choice is up to the parents.

The new Ontario Conservatives’ childcare rebate will cover children until they reach the age of 15, and work on a sliding scale that will see low-income families recoup as much as 75% of childcare costs. (Families earning over $150,000 would be at the other end of the equation, and could expect to see 26% of such expenses covered.)

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Toronto is the most expensive place for child care in the country, with costs in the neighbourhood of $3,000 a month for families with more than one child.

Doug Ford’s plan will cost $389 million annually and begin Jan. 1, 2019 — one year earlier than the Liberal plan.