Quote Originally Posted by cfred View Post
I'm in Newmarket....maybe 30 mins from you. I've not heard of any visits up this way as yet, or in your area for that matter. Guess I should have my stuff at the ready for a pop in. It's bound to happen eventually.

A provider I know in Kingston was visited. She said they had a long list of providers to visit while there and that they'd come from Toronto. They also admitted to using Kijiji and other online advertising to suss out providers.

What I don't understand.....if they're making the rounds and checking in anyway, why can't they afford to give independent licencing and oversight, like other provinces? Why the need for agencies?
I might be wrong but I think it is less liability for the Ministry. If they had a registry or licensing us independent ly then the Ministry will have to be responsible for each one of us. And doing this surprise visits at least I guess they want to show that they do their "job" but not being liable for all of us. It is kind of hard to answer. Other provinces are licensed individually and it seems it works but the advocacy for better child care is also complaining about that system and they want to change it. I've seen few proposals and it is not looking good also for these providers.