TORONTO — Two months after Josclyn Johnson's 18-month-old daughter started daycare, the centre announced it was leaving the national $10-a-day program, which has left Johnson considering a line of credit to pay the new $2,310 monthly fee or leaving t
TORONTO — Two months after Josclyn Johnson's 18-month-old daughter started daycare, the centre announced it was leaving the national $10-a-day program, which has left Johnson considering a line of credit to pay the new $2,310 monthly fee or leaving the workforce to care for her child.
But the parents at Sunnyside are mad, and they are not accepting the news quietly. They have sent the daycare a letter of their own, demanding a meeting and an explanation of why they feel they cannot stay in the $10-a-day program. Two people — Holton Hunter and John McCallum — are listed as the active directors of Sunnyside. They are also listed as the active directors of Curious Caterpillars, whose two locations are also leaving the $10-a-day program.
Education Minister Jill Dunlop said the apparent connections between daycares that are withdrawing are news to her, as provincial data shows that 96 per cent of for-profit operators have one or two sites, and are primarily women-owned small businesses. "So my message to parents would be, I will continue to fight for affordable child care in this province for all families. I will continue to call on the federal government to increase the funding for their signature program."
The ministry has been working with for-profit child-care providers to ensure they have accurate information about what types of costs will be covered and how much operating funding they will get, which seems to have allayed concerns, Dunlop said.
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