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Ontario cutting funding from daycare centres not in $10-a-day program

Ontario child-care centres that aren’t participating in the national $10-a-day program will soon lose provincial funding to offer fee subsidies to lower-income families and their staff could see a pay cut of $2 an hour. In a memo sent to licensed operators in Ontario outlining changes to how the province is funding the …

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Ontario reduces child-care fees, introduces new operator funding formula

Ontario child-care operators in the national $10-a-day program will soon be compensated in a way the province says will cover the true cost of providing care, after many said they were struggling to keep their doors open under the current structure. Education Minister Todd Smith is set to announce a long-delayed …

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Ontario ECEs among lowest paid in Canada, advocates say

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 17, 2023 1:15 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Advocates say that early childhood educators in Ontario are among the lowest paid in the country, and say that raising their wages is critical to the success of the $10-a-day child-care …

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Ontario’s lower child care fees could see 100,000 more women in workforce: report

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 16, 2023 11:30 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Ontario’s financial watchdog says $10-a-day child care has the potential to see nearly 100,000 more women enter the labour market, but only if the government creates more daycare spaces. …

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