Ontario Child Care
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Ontario’s lower child care fees could see 100,000 more women in workforce: reportThe FAO says $10-a-day child care has the potential to see nearly 100,000 more women enter the labour market, but only if the government creates more daycare spaces.CanadaMay 16
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Closure by province followed ‘serious occurrence’ with new hire, London, Ont. child care centre saysThe protection order for Kidorable Child Care Centre came after inspectors attended the facility on Feb. 6 in response to an unspecified "incident," a ministry spokesperson says.CanadaFeb 16
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Ontario seeks to add 50K child care spots, focusing on underserved areasOntario committed in its March 2022 deal with the feds to create 86,000 new spaces, and since it counts spots that have opened since 2019, it has about 50,000 more to go.CanadaFeb 7
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Government officials estimate Ontario could be short 8,500 early childhood educatorsThat's when parents will be paying $10-a-day on average for child care, and the province expects to have added 86-thousand new spaces to meet the increased demand.EducationJan 14
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Ontario launching grants for child care centres to create spacesOntario is launching a $213-million grant program for child-care operators to create new spaces.EducationDec 19, 2022
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Ontario’s $10-a-day child care plan could leave 227k without places, report warnsA review by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario estimates demand for child care in the province is set to explode as it becomes more affordable.EducationNov 14, 2022
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92% of Ontario’s licensed child care providers opt in to $10/day programNinety-two per cent of licensed child-care operators in Ontario have signed on to the national $10-a-day child-care program.CanadaNov 7, 2022
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Deadline Nov. 1 for Ontario child care operators to opt in to $10-a-day programFinal numbers are expected this week. Providers who opted in had to inform parents by Wednesday of their decision.EducationNov 1, 2022
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Ontario changes funding rules in bid to boost $10 a day child care program uptakeOntario is making further changes to its $10-a-day child-care program funding in a bid to boost uptake.CanadaOct 21, 2022
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As child care expands in Ontario, advocates wonder who will staff those spacesWith 71,000 new spaces promised as part of the deal, the sector wonders who will staff all those new rooms if centres are already having trouble keeping their doors open.CanadaOct 8, 2022
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