Ontario Caregivers - daycare announcement due today

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I think we should be pushing for registration where by we would apply each year for a permit. It would be displayed in our front window (like most businesses that require permits) to notify parents and neighbours of each home's capacity whether it be 3-8 children. It would also state if the provider had her own children under the age of 6. All paperwork (proof of liability, fire inspection, CPR training etc.) would me submitted electronically or my mail and a permit would be issued on an annual basis. Providers would pay for a site inspection possibly to a registering body through the government, an agency or perhaps the OEYC. The amount of children you could care for would be determined by the ages of the provider's own children, location, space available, training, perhaps a fenced yard etc. but each site could be assessed separately...again, paid for by the provider. The permit would contain the number of children allowed and who to call should you believe the provider is in violation of the permit.