A joint statement from the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario. 

For Immediate Release. June 20, 2023

On the heels of the passage of Canada’s national child care legislation Monday, child care advocates in Ontario are calling attention to the challenges facing Canada’s road to $10-a-day child care.

The OCBCC provided our pre-budget submission to the Ministry of Finance and the Standing Committee on Finance.

The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario welcomed Monday’s announcement by the federal and Ontario governments that child care fees will be reduced by 50% by the new year.

The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario, Child Care Now and the Childcare Resource and Research Unit have written to Ontario Premier Doug Ford with concerns about the Province's approach to the implementation of CWELCC.

Does your child care centre board of directors have questions about the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care agreement? We have put together a fact sheet to help you understand questions such as what the new funding provides your centre, when you will receive funds to provide families, the municipality's role and much more. You can download the PDF version of our fact sheet here.

With the introduction of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system, there is a new funding model for licensed child care in Ontario, including some new wage improvement funds for Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs) working in licensed child care.