It's Baaaack......yippee.

[Lee-Bee]

I have some reservations if we were to protest at Queens park, First and foremost I am in Ottawa, no easy feat to arrange a trip to Toronto (the wonderful money issue) and I highly doubt my families would make the trip either. Second, people are getting nervous about the bill and many families are moving their children into centers so as not to lose their spots. This has happened to many of my contemporaries here in Ottawa, we get the child and as soon as they are old enough to go to the "preschool" program the parents give notice. My fear is if we all close for the day in protest some families will then reconsider home based dc. In a center you never have to take a sick day because of your provider, or holidays for that matter. This bill is ruining my life, at the risk of sounding dramatic.
I also want to pose what will probably be a very unpopular question but, where were all the dc providers during the election. The province of Ontario voted the Liberals back in so was it a lack of information or are we not as strong in numbers as I was led to believe. I find this whole situation so depressing. My family depends on me making a decent wage which I don't think will be possible if this bill passes. Thanks for letting me rant

I am quite curious where all the dc providers were for the election as well. The election results baffled me. For the first time in my life I did NOT vote liberals, solely for this cause. Where were all the other home daycare providers? Why were they not standing up for themselves and their profession? If our numbers are so strong and we are so united to prevent this bill from passing then we seriously missed the mark because the election results clearly show that many, many home daycare providers did not take the time to vote or voted against their business. The election was our strongest battle against this bill...and we clearly failed there.