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"He's correct in calling for the province to step up. You know, it's a pleasant surprise to have the mayor as a new ally in the child care fight," Ferns said Tuesday. 

"But at the same, I would caution that we don't think child care should be a political football. We actually need all three levels of government, we need the city, the province and we need the federal government, to be working together to solve this child care crisis and do what's right for families."

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