TORONTO - Parents in some parts of Ontario are already receiving rebates under the national $10-a-day child-care program while operators elsewhere can...
TORONTO - Parents in some parts of Ontario are already receiving rebates under the national $10-a-day child-care program while operators elsewhere can’t apply yet to be part of the system, leaving a municipal patchwork of daycare pricing across the province.
“But really, that’s because we started so late .... In British Columbia and Nova Scotia, yeah, it took them six months to get this off the ground, but they started last July.”In Greater Sudbury, seven of the region’s 17 non-profit operators have signed on, as has its one for-profit operator, a spokesperson said. The municipality issued approvals for those eight child-care operators last week and rebates have started, Kelli Sheppard said.
“One of the challenges, I think, with Ontario’s role is that so much of this has been delegated to the municipality,” said Adrienne Davidson, an assistant professor of political science at McMaster University with expertise in child-care policy. “It seems like if a centre signs on to the $10-a-day program, it’s actually municipal bureaucrats who will be deciding when the centre will be able to replace toys, how much rent they’ll be allowed to pay .... There’s an awful lot of micromanagement of budgets.”
She also doesn’t want to opt in for one year then have to opt out for the next. Despite her concerns, Yeaman said she is leaning toward applying, in part because it seems like her municipality of Simcoe County is trying hard to allay those fears.
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