Today I went to a park that I don't usually go to since it is a bit of a walk to get there. When we arrived it was obvious that there were a couple other home daycare providers there. Just a few minutes after I arrived they all started leaving - and I witnessed two of the four providers leave with 7 kids each, all definitely under the age of 5. This is way over the limit in Manitoba. If you are unlicensed you can only have a total of 4 under the age of 12 and if you are licensed the maximum is 5 under the age of 6 (but you can have school age kids on top of that too).

So it was upsetting for me to see this, but I don't know what can be done about it. I'm going to report it, but I don't know who they are or where they live. But another mom that was as the park said she sees them there all the time, so maybe someone from the Child Care government agency can go by and try to find them there. I don't know, I'll have to see what my coordinator says when I call her.