The province agreed in its $10-a-day deal with the federal government in March to create 71,000 new child-care spaces by 2026 and the government says it has already made progress, with 53,000 spaces left to be created
TORONTO — Ontario is launching a grant program for child-care operators to create new spaces, as part of the province's commitment to add tens of thousands of new spots — a target advocates say will fall well short of demand spurred by $10-a-day care.
Lecce was with federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould to highlight fee reductions for families whose children are enrolled in licensed child-care centres that have opted in to the national program. Advocates and those who work in the sector say the two pieces must happen in tandem, because there is already a staffing shortage in child care, and without better pay and other retention strategies the province will not be able to staff those new spaces.
Lecce said the government is consulting on how to incentivize workers to enter and stay in child care. "There's nothing stopping a province or territory from adding their own resources, like Ontario did for ... ECEs that are caring for children age six to 12, but I'll note that New Brunswick, for example, added about $54 million of their own dollars to increase wages to $23.40 an hour," she said.
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