This regulation applies to the Minister of State for Child Care for the 2022/2023 fiscal year.
In this regulation, Act means the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act.
The expected results that the Minister of State for Child Care is to achieve for the purposes of section 5 (3) of the Act are as follows:
continue to implement initiatives that support government's universal child care plan that provides affordable, accessible, inclusive and high-quality care and early learning for every child whose family wants or needs it;
engage with the following to further inform implementation of universal and inclusive child care:
all levels of government;
Indigenous governing bodies and other entities representing Indigenous peoples;
school boards, child care providers and other sector stakeholders;
continue to support the transfer of responsibility for child care delivery to the Ministry of Education with the goal of completing the transfer by 2023;
continue to monitor the implementation of the Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework agreement with the federal government;
submit to Cabinet a report on the results referred to in paragraphs (a) through (d) on or before March 31, 2023.