136 Ontario organizations have signed an Open Letter to Premier Doug Ford asking him to accept a federal offer to extend federal $10aDay child care funding to 2031 - including 100 ELCC programs, 10 ELCC policy, research and advocacy associations, 21 nonprofit and charitable sector associations, and five Ontario labour unions.
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Premier Ford,
With news that the Government of Canada has invited provinces and territories to sign 5-year extensions to the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) funding agreements, we are writing to urge you to sign on immediately to secure continued federal child care funding for Ontario’s $10aDay plan.
These offers to extend federal funding are welcomed, as communities, provinces and territories, and advocates have been asking for ongoing funding stability.
The $10aDay child care plan has been a game changer for Ontario children and families, and research shows it is already making a difference for our economy. At a time of economic uncertainty, the continuation of the $10aDay plan will provide much needed stability to Ontario families, to the child care sector, and to our local economies.
Premier, as you said back in 2022 when you signed the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, “I’m so proud of the work we’ve done with our federal partners to land an agreement that will lower costs for families across the province. Given how complex Ontario’s child care system is, we wanted to get this right. Today, we’re delivering a deal that will keep money in the pockets of hard-working parents.”
Since signing on in 2022, the Ontario child care community - including child care operators, frontline Early Childhood Educators and child care workers, collaborating with their local municipalities and with your government - has worked flat out to make this plan a success. Having capped child care fees at $22 a day this year, and implemented the province’s new cost-based funding formula, we are in the midst of transformational change.
But we need stability, so that we can keep working towards making $10aDay child care a reality for all families across the province.
Joining other provinces and territories in signing on to an additional five years of federal child care funding is a simple way that you can protect Ontario families, and give the Ontario child care sector the support it needs to continue to expand and strengthen to offer better care in more Ontario communities.
With political uncertainty at the federal level and economic uncertainty from the US, we feel this is a matter of great urgency. We ask that you please make signing this child care funding agreement extension a priority matter to help protect and secure this funding for Ontario families.
Thank you.
Early Learning and Child Care Programs |
Aladin Childcare Services |
Andrew Fleck Children's Services |
Balmy Beach Community Day Care Centre |
Bells Corners Cooperative Nursery School
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Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre |
Centre Grandir en français |
Centre le Cap |
Centre Pivot du Triangle Magique o/a Magic Triangle Magique |
Centre pour enfants Timiskaming Child Care |
Charlotte Birchard Centres of Early Learning |
Children's Village Day Care |
City View Centre for Child and Family Services |
Cliffwood Community child Care |
Community of Maple Child Care Services |
Compass Early Learning and Care |
Creative Beginnings Early Learning & Care |
Dalhousie Parents Day Care Centre |
Bells Corners Cooperative Nursery School
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Discovery Early Learning & Care |
Etobicoke Home Child Care Agency |
Fairview Child Care Centre of Ottawa Inc. |
First Adventure Child Development Centre |
Global Child Care Services |
Great Beginnings Child Centered Co-operative Inc-Home Care |
Harmony Childcare Centre |
Heritage Child Care and Early Learning and Heritage Home Child Care Services |
Isabella Walton Childcare Centre |
Junction Day Care Centre |
Kids Kastle Co-operative Nursery school |
Kids zone childcare centre |
La ribambelle |
Lakeshore Township Community Daycare |
Lambton Park Child Care Centre |
Links2Care |
Little Lions Child and Family Centre |
London Waldorf School |
Macaulay Centres for Children |
Mahmowenchike Family Development Centre |
Main Square Day Care Centre |
Maple Nursery School |
Matthew-John Early Learning Centre |
Miigwansag Child Care Centre |
Miles Nadal JCC Early Childhood Nursery/Libbie Cowan Child Care Centre |
Milton Community Resource Centre |
Mini Skool A Childs Place Inc |
Miss Helen's Place |
Montrose Child Care Centre |
More Than Just Babysitting Child Care Centre Inc |
Munn's Child Care Centre Inc. |
Muskoka Family Focus and Children's Place |
Newpark Children's Centre |
Nottinghill Co-operative Preschool |
NYAD Community Inc. |
Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre |
Oakville Parent-Child Centre |
Parkview Children's Centre |
Parkwood Children’s Centre |
Pat Schulz Child Care Centre |
Pearson Co-op Nursery School |
Perth Care for Kids--The Perth County Advisory Group for Family Services |
Plains Road Child Care Inc. |
Point Edward Early Learning Centre |
RisingOaks Early Learning Ontario |
Schoolhouse Playcare Centre of Lakehead Inc. |
Selwyn Community Childcare Centre |
Services à l'enfance et à la famille La Coccinelle |
Sheridan College Child Care Centre |
St Patrick's/St Catherine Day Care |
St. Gabriel Child Care Centre of Woodbridge |
Studio 123 Early Learning Centre |
Sunshine Heights Daycare |
Superior Children's Centre |
Talented Tinkers |
Timothy Eaton Infant & Toddler Centre |
Today's Family |
The Family Centre Wallaceburg Ontario |
The Family Place |
The Learning Corner |
The Learning Enrichment Foundation |
The Neighbourhood Group Community Services |
Trafalgar Oaks Child Care & Learning Centre |
Treetop Children’s Centre |
Umbrella Child and Family Centres of Hamilton |
Unionville Co-operative Nursery School |
United children academy |
University of Guelph Child Care and Learning Centre |
Waterfront Montessori Montessori Children's Centre |
West End Home Child Care Services |
West Oakville Preschool Centre Inc. |
Whitehills Childcare Association |
Willowbrae Academy |
Withrow Childcare Centre |
WoodGreen Community Services |
York Child Development & Family Services Inc. |
Youville Centre |
YWCA Hamilton |
YWCA Muskoka |
YWCA Ontario |
YWCA Sudbury |
YWCA Toronto |
Early Learning and Child Care Associations |
Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development |
Building Blocks for Child Care (B2C2) |
Canadian Child Care Federation |
Early Years Coalition Waterloo Region |
Early Years Professionals RISE UP T.O. CARE Collective |
Early Years Advocates London |
Family Supports Institute Ontario |
Finding Order in Disorder Foundation |
Hamilton Child Care Advocates |
L’Association francophone à l’éducation des services à l’enfance de l’Ontario (AFÉSEO) |
Parents for Child Care |
Charitable sector |
Advancement of Women Halton |
Community Development Council Durham. |
Community Development Halton |
Hamilton Social Work Action Committee |
Niagara Poverty Reduction Network |
Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses |
Ontario Campaign 2000 |
Ontario Nonprofit Network |
Peel Poverty Action Group |
Progress Toronto |
Social Planning Network of Ontario |
South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO) |
South Asian Women's and Immigrants' Services |
South Asian Women's Rights Organization |
The Prosperity Project |
The Teresa Group |
Toronto Child Care Advocates |
Toronto Community for Better Child Care |
Toronto Education Workers Local 4400 |
Workers' Action Centre |
Labour partners |
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario |
Canadian Union of Postal Workers |
London and District Labour Council |
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation |
Unifor - Ontario Region |
Monsieur le Premier ministre,
Sachant que le gouvernement du Canada a invité les provinces et les territoires à signer des accords prolongeant de cinq ans les ententes de financement du Programme pancanadien d’apprentissage et de garde des jeunes enfants (PPAGJE), nous vous écrivons pour vous presser de signer immédiatement cet accord afin d’assurer à l’Ontario les fonds fédéraux requis pour l’exécution du plan pour des services de garde à 10 $ par jour.
Cette offre de prolonger le financement fédéral est bien accueillie dans les collectivités, les provinces et les territoires et par les défenseurs des services de garde qui demandent depuis longtemps une plus grande stabilité financière.
Le plan pour des services de garde à 10 $ par jour a changé la donne en Ontario pour les enfants et les familles et la recherche révèle des retombées positives réelles pour notre
économie. Dans cette période d’incertitude économique, la poursuite du plan pour des services de garde à 10 $ par jour accordera aux familles de l’Ontario, au secteur des services de garde et à nos économies locales une stabilité grandement nécessaire.
Monsieur le Premier ministre, vous avez dit au moment de signer l’entente du PPAGJE : « Je suis tellement fier du travail accompli avec nos partenaires fédéraux pour conclure une entente qui réduit le coût pour les familles dans la province. Compte tenu de la complexité du système de services de garde de l’Ontario, nous ne voulions pas nous tromper. Aujourd’hui, nous avons une entente qui laissera plus d’argent dans les poches des parents qui travaillent si fort ».
Depuis la signature de l’entente en 2022, la communauté ontarienne des services de garde, incluant les fournisseurs de services de garde, les éducatrices et éducateurs de la petite enfance et les travailleuses et travailleurs de première ligne en collaboration avec leurs municipalités et votre gouvernement, a travaillé d’arrache-pied pour faire de ce plan une réussite. Avec le plafonnement des frais de garde à 22 $ par jour cette année et l’adoption de la nouvelle formule provinciale de financement en fonction des coûts, nous sommes au cœur de changements transformationnels.
Mais il faut de la stabilité afin de poursuivre notre travail pour faire des services de garde à 10 $ par jour une réalité pour les familles dans toute la province.
Être des autres provinces et territoires qui ont signé l’entente de cinq ans de financement fédéral additionnel pour la garde d’enfants est un moyen simple à votre portée, monsieur le Premier ministre, pour protéger les familles ontariennes et donner au secteur des services de garde le soutien requis pour continuer à se développer et se renforcer afin d’offrir de meilleurs soins dans plus de collectivités en Ontario.
Considérant l’incertitude politique à l’échelle fédérale et l’incertitude économique venant des É.-U., nous estimons que cette question est de la plus grande urgence. Nous vous demandons de faire de la signature du prolongement de l’entente de financement fédéral pour la garde d’enfants une question de priorité afin d’aider à protéger et à obtenir ces fonds pour les familles de l’Ontario.
Merci.
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Carolyn Ferns published this page in OCBCC Press Releases / Policy 2025-03-03 15:02:22 -0500