Thanks, Van. That's interesting....and it makes total sense to multipurpose inspectors. I'll bring that up to the other execs and we can see if that's worth using in our own proposals. I would never have thought of that! I have no idea why this party is so hell bent on forcing us through cost prohibitive agencies when there are so many other alternatives. And the agency folks, most of them ...and childcare advocates...are making it pretty clear that they want us gone. They have a singular vision of what they want to see and how it should happen. If you don't agree with them 100%, you're stonewalled. Even Martha Friendly was reduced to name calling on Twitter and refused to shake the hand of our representative at the advisory committee meeting last week. Turns out she's not so friendly, lol.

I know you're concerned Peacefulbird. We're holding weekly skype meetings and each of the 6 execs has at least one project. We'll get the word out. In the meantime, I would encourage you to keep sending letters to your MPP, to our Minister or Education, to editorial sections, to whoever you think might listen. I would also ask that if you're not already a member, to join CICPO on FB, then subscribe to our website. It doesn't cost anything. Donations are welcome, if you know anyone who wants to help but doesn't know how. Donation contributions are used to fund things like video production, consultations, upgrading surveys, flights to meetings for the Ottawa lot, etc, etc, etc. We do as much as we possibly can by ourselves (or by suckering family members ), but some things are just beyond our abilities.

The most important thing right now is to get the surveys out. We need more input from providers....lots more! The parent one is equally important and will be out soon.