The Northern territory became the 12th jurisdiction to reach an agreement with the federal government, pledging to slash the cost to parents of licensed day care for children up to age six. Under the deal, Nunavut promises that those spots will cost parents an average of $10 a day across the territory by March 2024. (The Logic)

Talking point: The federal Liberals have promised nearly $30 billion for child-care costs, spread over five years, to reduce middle-class families’ financial burdens and help more parents work. The last province to sign up for the federal money was New Brunswick, which did so in December 2021. Ontario and the federal government have previously disagreed about what the province’s fair share of funding would be, with Ontario arguing that its full-day kindergarten classes mean its Ministry of Education covers costs that would otherwise fall to parents; Quebec made a deal for an “asymmetric” federal payment with few strings, in light of its longstanding provincial subsidies for child care.