Ontario has ended a $50 million fund that helped child care centres cover increasing labour costs without passing them on to parents.
The move has already led to at least one child care centre in Peel Region, west of Toronto, telling parents that their fees will increase -- up to an extra $72 a month for full-time infant care."It's supposed to help control child-care fees for Ontario families, so if it's being cut by $50 million, that's going to have a direct impact on costs for families," she said.
Ontario's so-called fee stabilization support was introduced last year under the then-Liberal government as the minimum wage increased from $11.60 an hour to $14 an hour. It was essentially a way to subsidize the pay raises in facilities where staff had earned less than $14 an hour, so the costs weren't put on parents in the form of higher fees.
When asked about the funding cancellation, Education Minister Lisa Thompson touted the recently announced child-care tax credit that applies on a sliding scale to families with incomes of up to $150,000, that will provide a rebate of up to $6,000 per child under seven, and up to $3,750 per child between seven and 16.
"Those costs are real, those costs are still there," she said. "The minimum wage did go up to $14 and I think centres need to have funding to help keep child care fees low."
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