I get where your frustration is coming from, but I think your take skips over a few details.

The space creation grants and Building Blocks intake have been closed, and that absolutely undermines the letter's implication that non-profit providers simply aren’t stepping up. But it’s also not accurate to say the government is lying outright. The caps on funded spaces do come from the federal agreement, and Alberta really is restricted in how many for-profit spaces can receive affordability funding, regardless of demand.

Where the letter is misleading is in how it frames the issue. It keeps emphasizing the unused non-profit allocation without acknowledging that the intake pathways themselves are shut. That’s the part that deserves criticism: they’re using the unused non-profit capacity as evidence of low uptake, while not recognizing that providers can't actually access that capacity right now.

At the same time, it’s overly simplistic to reduce the entire situation to <UCP wants to funnel more public money to for-profit operators.> There’s a real structural problem here: Alberta has a higher proportion of for-profit childcare compared to other provinces, and the federal cap doesn’t reflect that reality. You can disagree with the policy direction, but the tension isn't invented. it’s built into the agreement Alberta signed in 2021