Emilia Valente-Salhuana, right, is seen here with her husband Hugo Salhuana and son Fabrizio. Emilia says she had to quit her job when she couldn't afford private child care for her son.
Parents in Sudbury, Ont., say they have to either stay home with their children or pay the higher cost of private child care due to long waitlists to access licensed, subsidized daycares under the national $10-a-day program.Emilia Valente-Salhuana, shown with husband Hugo Salhuana and their son Fabrizio, says she had to quit her job when she couldn't afford private child care. Emilia Valente-Salhuana of Sudbury, Ont.
"That online platform is monitored by children's services on a regular basis," said Miranda Mackie, manager of children's services for the City of Greater Sudbury. Seaward's partner works full time; she's a student at Laurentian University. While they wait for spots to become available, they are paying for private home daycare."So I'm having to pay out of pocket $50 a day. That's $500 every two weeks, $1,000 a month. It's financially, a struggle"Tracy Saarikoski is executive director of Discovery Early Learning and Care, which runs four child-care centres in Sudbury and serves around 450 children each day.
In January, Ontario increased the starting wage for registered early childhood educators by 19 per cent, from $20 an hour to $23.86 per hour. Registered early childhood education program staff who make under $26 an hour are also eligible for annual wage increases of $1 per hour.
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