I attended a number of meetings with the MOE, the agency sector, municipality reps and lobbyists. I can say with some confidence that home daycare (licensed or not) is not in the Liberal's long term vision. Their preference is to have centres in schools and treat those places as community hubs. Everyone in the same childcare setting and under their control, from toddlerhood onward. We absolutely do not factor into their vision. They want a nanny state. Frankly, so do the NDPs. Either of those parties getting in will be catastrophic.

Doug Ford has said he likes Patrick Brown's original idea of paying 75% of childcare fees back to families. While he may not have been the first choice of many of us, he is fond of leaving small businesses alone. This DOES include us. He's way ahead in the polls, so it's looking good! In addition, the PCs are reaching out to us (CICPO) and asking for our recommendations. Of course, we want to secure our position in the future, so what we say now counts.

What would you like to see in place to lend credibility, longevity and the permanent inclusion of our sector in the infrastructure?