Ilegal Daycare...Should I Report? Bill 10 Will Hurt Kids

[TinyTwigs]

Hi everyone

So I finally opened up my home daycare on Friday. I have filled one spot and have a few interviews set up for this week. I took my kids and daycare kids to the park today where I met a very sweet nice young lady. She was in her early 20's and told me she runs a home daycare privately. During our conversation I found out that there is a married couple in the area who rent out a space specifically for daycare purposes. They are apparently former elementary school teachers and take in 12-20 kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
I want to report it because I'm very worried but at the same time it's none of my business and I don't want to get involved. When I got home I tried to imagine how on earth I could "hide" 7 kids in my house without families noticing. There is no way!! So when parents say " Oh the provider tricked me, I had NO idea", I don't buy it for a second.

I read over this new Bill 10 and I'm trying to give everyone the benefit but I don't see how this is going to help. If numbers are an issue then why can a daycare affiliated with an agency have six kids and if they partner up with another licensed provider they can have 12 kids? So why can't I partner up with another private provider and have 10 kids?

If daycare safety is an issue to the point where we have to put restrictions on private daycares then how will the government find the daycares that don't follow bill 10 or even the number because there are many out there.

Lastly, no matter how many daycare spaces are available to take clients away from home daycares there a MANY people who cant afford to pay centre rates. How will the government find these places that are going to have all these kids. This bill only works out for the government and for the people who do daycare illegally. Providers who are following the rules and turning clients away and are giving the illegal providers more and more potential clients.

I don't know if I am missing something here but this is the impression I get from the new Bill.