Tragedy at a home daycare in Vaughan, ON

[jammiesandtea]

At the same time quality care means lots of different things to different people. A nice old lady who cuddles and plays with your child and charges just enough money to pay for the child's food and a treat for herself can still be quality care. It is all about the parents taking the time to find the right person. Paying more doesn't mean getting better care.

I agree with you, playfelt. Quality care is not necessarily dependent on being highest cost. But it's the job of the parents to seek out the type of care that they wish to have for their child, and monitor it that it remains safe and suitable to them, and also to pay for it. It's the notion that the Government (which is paid for by the rest of us, taxpayers) should subsidize child care that I disagree with. In certain low-income/single parent situations, a short term period of subsidy to re-train for adequate employment is warranted. But it's not the Government/taxpayers responsibility to pay the cost of having children. It's the child's parents' responsibility, and if that means re-prioritizing the budget to live within our means so as to be able to pay for child care, then that's what we do.