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Alberta will soon begin talks on a new deal that will determine how much federal funding will flow to the province for affordable child-care services.
At stake is a slice of $7.5 billion the federal government has pledged over the next 11 years to create and support child-care spaces.
Ottawa plans to negotiate separate, three-year bilateral agreements with each province and territory over the coming months. Alberta’s share is expected to be somewhere between $30 million and $70 million annually.