Tragedy at a home daycare in Vaughan, ON

[Miss Amanda]

Wow! Many of you really do have a slanted view on welfare and childcare substity.
Let me enlighten you a little bit.

I was a teen mom with 2 kids by the time I was 19 years old. Of course it was not my first choice to have children that young, but it happened. I got pregnant when I was 16 years old and had my daughter at 17. Before I got pregnant, I had a part-time job at McD's and got EI (maternity benefits) from it. I did go on welfare after my EI was done. I should also point out that I went back to school to finish my high school diploma and I graduated on time exactly when I was suppose to. Obviously I got substidized daycare. I was not sitting on my ass collecting a welfare cheque, I was in school, taking care of my baby and also volunteering... and collecting a welfare cheque of $862.00!!! I dont know who gets a thousand + dollar welfare cheque!

My point is that I finished my high school and continued on to college, but I would not have been able to do that without my substidized chilcare spaces. Would our society be better off if I just sat on my ass collecting a welfare cheque, and not continuing my education to become a productive citizen?