Quebec provides universal childcare for less than $7 a day. Here’s what the US can learn

Public childcare network is a win for everyone - kids, parents and the government, and the Quebec model is a shining example

When asked how much she pays for childcare, Leah Freeman chuckles and says she isn't sure. It's like C$93 (about $67) every two weeks or something. I barely see it leaving my bank account," she said.

To most parents in the US, where the average cost of childcare is $1,000 per month and can reach more than $2,000 a month in some states, the idea of paying so little sounds impossible. But it's happening - north of the US border in Quebec, Canada, where Freeman's three-year-old daughter, Grace, attends a subsidized early childhood education center (centres de la petite enfance, known by its acronym CPE), for C$9.35, or less than $7 a day.