New Brunswick parents expecting to see their child-care costs drop to $10 per day next April could be in for a surprise.

Premier Susan Holt reminded them during an online question-and-answer session this week that the federal-provincial agreement promised an average rate of $10 per day, not a universal rate.

"I'm told that when the federal government originally announced this program, they described it as an average of ten dollars a day," Holt said, making air-quotes around the word "average."

"I …