Oh ya potential red flag for sure ... depending on where you live in Ontario there are 'centres' that are closing with little to no notice for parents which might account for 'urgent' need of care specially if clients do not have vacation or personal days to take to find new care

That said regardless I would not be willing to 'skip' any portion of my interview process - chat with me on the phone and answer MY questions to see if we are a MATCH and than we MEET to ensure we are indeed a MATCH and than if I want to INVITE you into my program we go from there - you do not automatically 'get in' just cause I have an opening and well sorry but that mentality is a HUGE red flag for me because everytime I have come across it in my 'career' they are the clients that assume they are 'in charge' of everything and do not get this is YOUR business, YOUR rules and the only thing they are in charge of is deciding if they ACCEPT the services you are OFFERING them or NOT .... you do not get to go into a lawyers office and dictate that he is taking you on as a client specially without hearing your 'case', that you are only willing to pay him X and you expect him to work Y hours on your case ... those are all things that are HIS BUSINESS ... you tell him what you need and he lets you know if he can or is willing to provide it