Four years after Manitoba signed a federal-provincial plan to offer $10-a-day universal child care, it’s fallen short of providing a space for every child who needs it, a survey released Tuesday says.

The Probe Research survey of nearly 1,900 parents in Manitoba found that 76 per say the province isn’t even close to having a universal child care system. The bilateral agreement signed Aug. 9, 2021 committed federal funding to help reduce costs for families and expand the number of available spaces in Manitoba by 23,000.

While most parents (70 per cent) agreed the $10-a-day plan is working and has made it more affordable, accessing child care remains a problem, the survey conducted April 2-25 for the Manitoba Child Care Association says.

“We know that $10-a-day child care has been a gamec

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