Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra is warning that if the next federal government does not increase funding for the $10-a-day child-care program, the fees parents pay will rise.
The fees in Ontario are currently capped at $22 a day, as an interim step toward the $10-a-day mark.
Ontario is one of three provinces that did not sign an extension to the program with the federal government before the election was called, though it has signed an agreement-in-principle saying that it wants to continue delivering the reduced parental fees.