FAO report says that by 2026, Ontario families of approximately 602,257 children under age of six will want to have access to $10-a-day child-care program
TORONTO — Increased demand for child-care spaces in Ontario due to the national $10-a-day program will leave the province short more than 220,000 spots under current expansion plans, the financial accountability officer said in a report.
But even if that target is met, Ontario's Financial Accountability Office said in a report this week that will likely not be enough for everyone needing care. The FAO said its estimate is based on pre-pandemic Statistics Canada data on how many families were not accessing child care because it was too expensive or they couldn't find a space, as well as looking at how many kids are still cared for at home in Quebec, where fees are subsidized.
"There is nothing in our agreement stopping the Government of Ontario from putting forward provincial funds, supplementing the federal investment, to further grow its system for the benefit of its citizens and their children," Mohammad Hussain wrote in a statement. Gordon Cleveland, a child-care policy expert and associate professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, recently wrote a report with child-care expansion recommendations for Ontario and said the province will need 300,000 more spaces. He said the startup grant amounts are fairly minor.
"The current Ontario expansion plan assumes that operators already have capital or easy access to capital," he wrote.
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