The following was posted on the "College of Early Childhood Educators" web site. I followed the link and have reviewed the proposed changes that were passed on the first reading. Take a moment to review this. From what I can see, and PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong, but the only change they are making for home daycare providers who do not work with an agency is to specify that we can look after a maximum of 5 children, not including our own as long as they are over the age of 6. As well as specifying that we can not look after more than two children under the age of two. In all honesty, for the 6 years that I have been doing daycare, I have been doing this already.

Maybe I am missing something, and if I am please point it out to me if I am missing something.

Thanks.

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On Tuesday, December 3 the Ontario Government introduced proposed changes to the Early Childhood Educators Act, 2007 as part of the proposed new Child Care Modernization Act (Bill 143).

The Child Care Modernization Act would replace the Day Nurseries Act and includes changes to the Education Act. Changes to the ECE Act as part of the new legislation would coincide with the College’s statutory five-year review, which began in the spring of 2013. The statutory changes that are proposed for the ECE Act are largely consistent with the College’s submission to the Ministry of Education in the summer.

The Bill successfully passed through the Ontario Legislature on its first reading on December 3, 2013. To view the current status of the Child Care modernization Act please see the link below:

http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bil...etail_the_bill

The College of ECE has worked collaboratively with the Ministry of Education to propose updates to the College of Early Childhood Educators Act and is pleased that the Ministry is focused on updating legislation to support children and families in early years settings. The College looks forward to reviewing the proposed bill in more detail and to participating in the next steps of the legislative process.