Ontario Caregivers - daycare announcement due today

[Fun&care]

Maybe writing to the conservative party is a good idea. During my reading last night, though I can't remember which article it was, I'm sure I read that the Conservative party opposes the change.

This is what I read also but can't remember for the life of me where...if we play up that the "liberals are dumb" we might be onto something I think. I feel ill too cfred....

[treeholm]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Pr...188/story.html

Here is an excerpt from the article above:“I would think that both opposition parties would be interested in expanding access to licensed child care and making sure where people don’t follow the rules, that we actually have a much-expanded ability to enforce the rules,” she said.

Although the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats both said they wanted to review and digest the bill before saying whether or not they would support it, they agreed the changes are long overdue.

The NDP leader said the Liberal government has ignored “warning bells that have been ringing loudly.”

“This is them coming too late to a crisis that’s been brewing for years and years,” she said.

[momofnerds]

@cfred I wondered why the mother wasn't being charged also for being so neglectful. How can you drop your child off and not even realize something wasn't right. How did she go day after day and not step foot into it. Also, what was the end result for this provider. I never heard anything about it. If the ministry couldn't do their job before, how are they going to do their job if the new changes come in.

[cfred]

I'm trying to sift through the bill. Bit of a dry read, lol. More than a little difficult to make heads or tails of. I want to know about this babysitter thing. I'm cool to be called a babysitter if I can still work....can't imagine they'd let that slip by though. I suppose I could hire myself out as an 'off site nanny', which people share the cost of? That could have some potential. I don't know. I've got 3 new babies starting within the next year. Why not 2 under 18 mos? That would make more sense. Everyone's walking and pretty mobile by that point. Why is 2 the magic number.

[momofnerds]

I'm trying to sift through the bill. Bit of a dry read, lol. More than a little difficult to make heads or tails of. I want to know about this babysitter thing. I'm cool to be called a babysitter if I can still work....can't imagine they'd let that slip by though. I suppose I could hire myself out as an 'off site nanny', which people share the cost of? That could have some potential. I don't know. I've got 3 new babies starting within the next year. Why not 2 under 18 mos? That would make more sense. Everyone's walking and pretty mobile by that point. Why is 2 the magic number.

I was thinking the same thing. I already get called a babysitter. So if my dd babysits is she going to fall under a certain law. I thought about an inhouse nanny, are they going to go after nannies now too. I keep a small group now, but I don't know from week to week what will happen with my group (lay offs, days off) Like I said, way too many unanswered questions.

[Teagansmom]

Cfred I totally agree with you in regards to the parents who's child died. Yes it's a really sad story. IMO the parents are 90% responsible, I don't understand how anyone could put their child in a dc without seeing the place. I'm sure it was to save money, sad.
I believe that if this bill passes which I think will, the government will soon back track an amend it after they see how it will impact both parents and the overall economy.
I for one do not see any incentive of becoming licensed. I loath b/a school, as I see it I could potentially have 2 under 2, and 3 over 2. If I have a hard time getting older kids I would have no choice but to up my fees, which in turn hurts the parents. I will never turn my business over to an agency. I became self employed for a reason.

[playfelt]

ON the Vaughan issue there apparently is a category that was quietly grandfathered in which I just learned about a couple days ago that allowed for "private" daycare centres that did not have to follow any of the rules - imagine that. The one in Vaughan came under that category a fact no one in the media was told or understood. We all knew someone with 35 kids could not hide them and for what reason would you need a daycare bus to go the homes and pick up the kids and drop them off which they did - ie few parents actually went to the daycare daily.

[Discoveries]

Treehome I understand your wish to inform your clients as soon as possible. I live very close to you, and know all to well about the huge shortages we have in our area for the under two age group. I feel horrible now turning away parents desperate to find care for their children when their mat. leave comes to an end. I can't imagine it getting worse. Centers are not likely to jump in and increase their infant slots either, with the cost of providing infant care in a center being $80/day. The 3's & 4's used to help offset this cost, but now they are in school. All the changes to 'fix' things seems to just be creating another mess.

[treeholm]

I turn away a potential family about once a week, and it is always someone either pregnant or on mat leave. When I started, I filled with 4 one year olds, to add to my granddaughter, before I even opened! This is indeed a mess. I talked to a friend last night at a commercial daycare centre who told me that they only have room for 10 one year olds. They prefer to take 2 and 3 year olds... yes, and so will all the home daycares now....

[treeholm]

I guess we need to bombard the ministry with calls asking what we should tell parents when we give them their two weeks notice in terms of where they should take their one year olds...