Question regarding termination of daycare contract

[playfelt]

You don't say how old your child is but assuming if you started in Sept child will be 2 by then (ie just before proclamation) and there may be another factor coming into play here. Because of Bill 10 there is a very good chance your provider was counting on your child being in care as one of her over age 2 spaces which are very hard to fill. If she already has 2 children under age 2 she can not fill your child's space with another child under age 2. In other words the provider is potentially facing a loss of income that will last from June till some time in 2016 when one of the others turns 2. She may already be facing a loss of income depending on the ages of her own children.

Is it your responsibility to pay - by the wording of the contract yes but I agree that it is not fair and was never adjusted to account for someone leaving care and another family starting care and paying for the vacation. I would be inclined to try to explain to her that you don't feel it is fair for her to be paid twice for the same vacation so you will be paying for one week of the vacation and the family that starts care after you can pay for the other week. She isn't going to like it but it might be the way to make it end on a positive note in your favour as by the wording of the contract she could take it to small claims court to get the money owed for both weeks so better to meet her half way placating her so to speak if you can.

[Suzie_Homemaker]

You don't say how old your child is but assuming if you started in Sept child will be 2 by then (ie just before proclamation) and there may be another factor coming into play here. Because of Bill 10 there is a very good chance your provider was counting on your child being in care as one of her over age 2 spaces which are very hard to fill. If she already has 2 children under age 2 she can not fill your child's space with another child under age 2. In other words the provider is potentially facing a loss of income that will last from June till some time in 2016 when one of the others turns 2. She may already be facing a loss of income depending on the ages of her own children.

Is it your responsibility to pay - by the wording of the contract yes but I agree that it is not fair and was never adjusted to account for someone leaving care and another family starting care and paying for the vacation. I would be inclined to try to explain to her that you don't feel it is fair for her to be paid twice for the same vacation so you will be paying for one week of the vacation and the family that starts care after you can pay for the other week. She isn't going to like it but it might be the way to make it end on a positive note in your favour as by the wording of the contract she could take it to small claims court to get the money owed for both weeks so better to meet her half way placating her so to speak if you can.

Not everyone in Ontario!!!! This presumption growing old with auto replies about Bill 10 and proclamation. Could we check people's location before pulling all threads into this as the majority of province not affected by Ontario's changes?