Parents and educators from across Ontario are asking Education Minister Lisa Thompson and the Ford government to confirm that they will continue a $2 per hour wage grant for Early Childhood Educators and child care staff beyond the end of March. A petition calling on the government to continue the grant has garnered more than 11,000 hard copy signatures from educators and parents around Ontario.

The past two weeks have seen the care and education of our province’s youngest children treated in a shockingly cavalier manner by Ontario Education Minister Lisa Thompson and the Ford government.

CCPA study finds Brampton and Kitchener have some of the lowest rates of child care coverage in the country.

Ontario commitment to child care transformation hailed as game-changer for families

• Read the OCBCC's Pre-Budget Brief to the Ministry of Finance and the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.

To mark Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Appreciation Day on October 25^th, advocates launch the Decent Work Charter and call for a down payment on the public funding needed to ensure professional pay for early childhood educators and provide affordable, high quality child care services for parents.