Bill 10 has passed - law as of Jan. 2016

[innisfildaycare]

Wow - not even sure what say?? write our sad little comments below?? what a joke! You are obviously a very sad, unhappy, lonely women who needs help with some obvious anger issues. Bill 10 has nothing to do with you or your province so start a thread about something going on in your province and cry the blues about your problems over there.
And I guarentee YOU WILL be coming back to read these posts and YOU WILL respond. On a serious note - How do you run a daycare, I mean literally right now, kids are in your home and you have soooo much anger?? I couldnt even imagine my child in an enviroment with a women with such vulgar language?A women so angry while my child is in her home?? I mean I am totally shocked?

[cfred]

Nope, not a lying bitch. I flat out stated that I didn't pay much mind to the state of affairs until this happened. I've admitted to that openly. I'm no different than 90% of the other providers in here in that regard. But, now I'm paying attention and yep, it's because I'd not really thought much about it before. I was honest about that. Regardless of how I got into this, I'm in it and I'm working hard toward it. If you don't like it, that's completely fine. Honestly, we're just as happy not to have someone so unbalanced involved, so you can go ahead and spout your venom elsewhere. This is an Ontario issue...though one of our people has begun a site for Canadian Daycare Providers United, which is pretty cool. I plan to be involved in that as well. With me being Satan and all, though, I'm sure you'll steer clear

[Fun&care]

Feel free to all add your sad little comments below, and falg to the Mods. I wont be back to read them. Keep lying to each other. And pretending to believe one another.

I'd like to say it was nice knowing you, but that would be me lying.

Incredible.

And to that I say good riddance.

[tlmar]

And the cream rises to the top! Good job cfred for keeping your composure and professionalism. It must have been hard especially when someone is attacking you. Keep up the good job and thank you for standing up and taking a leadership role in the fight. If it were left up to people like this women, we would all be doomed. At least with people like yourself who are professional and composed under harsh circumstances we may have a fighting chance to amend some of Bill 10. Keep your chin up, brush this lady off and keep on doing what your doing! Thank you!

[NaturallyDaycare]

I agree. I have seen a lot of Nasty in online forums. Still shake my head sometimes. I still can't believe anyone can openly say that it should be acceptable to work a 10-12 hour job, and still need a second just to scrape by with a family. I have increasingly come to realize JUST HOW incredibly important our profession is. I always knew it was, but the more I think about the upbringing offered in most centre environments (no offence meant!) just not what I would want for my child. We offer a beautiful alternative. People WILL realize what society is risking to lose with Bill 10. This is a much bigger issue than provider's income. So many children I have helped raise could NOT possibly do well in a centre. Too shy, need the close attachment of a single caring provider and a comfortable home environment. I am sincerely terrified for not only the future of my family, but the future of all those littles who thrive in a home daycare environment, but will be denied that because big centres pay more taxes and have more sway.

[NaturallyDaycare]

There is love in my arms, love in my home, love in my menu, and love in my program. I have come to love every single child in my care and the government is trying to take away my ability to do this job and pay the bills. Compound this by every provider who will need to change professions and January 16, 2016 will be a very very sad day for Ontario.

[cfred]

Thanks for the kind words ladies! Not to worry....didn't really bug me at all. We've butted heads before and I know where it's coming from.

Yes, this is an important issue and I'll keep plugging along with the rest of the folks working hard. What's kind of excellent about the whole thing is, that for the first time, I'm discovering that I enjoy this kind of thing and am not too bad at it to boot! Had a great time last night schmoozing with politicians and Montessori reps....it was a great event and the photos can be viewed on CICPO, Moms4Lisa, Ontario Families and Providers Against Bill 143. We had an awesome turn out and I hope the next one I've just taken over in Whitby is just as successful! I'll sort out the details for that one, post the info and hope to see some of you there!

[Karen Swerdfeger]

I apologize, Ladies (and Gents) if this has come up in this thread as I haven't had a chance to read it all yet BUT I am working with CICPO to collect stories of the impact of this Bill (ie: daycares closing, parents being turned away because of 2 under 2, rates being increased, etc.). We are collecting this data for the Ontario Ombudsman to show how truly devastating this Bill is going to be for Ontario families and caregivers. If any of the above applies to you, please email me at khsw@outlook.com. Thank you so much!

[5 Little Monkeys]

I completely 100% agree that our job is an important one and one that I wish more people gave recognition too!! I wish all of you who are dealing with/fighting to change this bill the absolute best and hope that it ends well in favour of hdcp's!!

However, I just wanted to mention that it's fairly common for business owners to not make minimum wage. Not saying it makes it right, just that it does happen in other fields.

With just my 4, I make over minimum wage but that's before I deduct my expenses to run my business. Everyone's expenses will be different though so what I make an hour will be totally different than what another dcp in the same city as me will make.

Good luck!!!

[cfred]

Thanks 5LM! I know, you're absolutely right. That's one of the hazards of running your own business. And you're right in that we all have our own 'schtick' so our expenses all vary. I've seen a few home daycares that are absolutely spectacular. Their fees are quite high, but man...I don't know how they make any profit putting out the expenses that they do! They must be fantastic at handling money...I'd be broke!

So far as this industry goes, I'm hoping, as are some of us in CICPO, that this will bloom into more than just an Ontario endeavor. One of our members has spearheaded the Canadian Home Daycare Providers United project. We've all had our eye on the UCC issue, so that's a great project to get on the go in light of that possibility. Once I'm done with my bit in Lisa's campaign tour as it relates to Montessori outreach and CICPO, then I'll probably look at things on a larger scale. We have to take everything one step at a time, but look forward to having an impact in more places than just Ontario.

Where are you, 5LM, out of curiosity?