Committee review

[CrazyEight]

babydom, I don't THINK they will have to issue a warning first. It is my understanding that this Bill makes it much, much easier to shut down daycares and to fine providers for going over in ratio - Liz Sandals has said, for example, that "her" inspectors will no longer need a warrant to enter a home daycare, and that daycare can be shut down immediately if they find grounds to. Also, they have upped the fines to $250,000 - yep, a quarter of a million dollars!! I for one could never take that risk.

[bright sparks]

babydom, I don't THINK they will have to issue a warning first. It is my understanding that this Bill makes it much, much easier to shut down daycares and to fine providers for going over in ratio - Liz Sandals has said, for example, that "her" inspectors will no longer need a warrant to enter a home daycare, and that daycare can be shut down immediately if they find grounds to. Also, they have upped the fines to $250,000 - yep, a quarter of a million dollars!! I for one could never take that risk.

This really just reinforces how this bill isn't actually about safety at all. The child who died in Vaughan was at a daycare with how many children? and how many dogs? And how unsanitary was the dwelling? Those kinds of providers wont see this as a deterrent at all. There was already the risk of a child injuring themselves or falling sick regardless of numbers in such an unhygienic childcare setting so if these kinds of providers couldn't give a crap about those basic things prior to opening their doors to every tom dick and harry, this isn't going to bother them either. They clearly didn't give a thought to the liability in their position thinking they were immune to the rules then. You are going to find other providers just like these who think this will never happen and carry on as normal. Without licensing and a database, there is no way to keep track of the actual people making childcare unsafe so no way to find them unless they are reported and even with reporting them there was very little follow up after all the other complaints and perhaps people will just become smarter at covering up and staying hidden in the wake of the new bill?!?! Breaking the rules is breaking the rules even if a provider is over by 1 child, but the children who died in care, which prompted this revamp of the day nurseries act in the first place, died in the care of a provider committing gross misconduct. Not just over ratio but neglect amongst other things no doubt too. Ratios won't mean anything to them even with this hefty fine because they clearly don't care about the wellbeing and safety of children. I can't even rationalize their thought process as it just makes no sense to me why a person not putting child safety and wellbeing first would even go into this kind of business.