An Ontario mother is calling on the government to institute a policy in which daycare staff contact parents of absent children in hopes of preventing hot car deaths.
The idea came about last month after a 23-month-old boy died after being accidentally left in a hot car outside of his mother’s workplace in Bancroft, Ont. His death left not just the community reeling, but parents across the province were struck by the loss.“I don't know the family but it really sat with me,” Alicia Wilson told CTV News Toronto. “I just kept thinking, ‘what could we do to prevent this.’ This death is just—it's so sad and so tragic.
She stressed the policy isn’t meant to place blame for hot car deaths on daycares or other child-care facilities, but rather provide an “added layer of protection for the children of Ontario.” Everett Smith, who would have turned two next month, is seen in this photo provided by Bancroft Mayor Paul Jenkins.
“I get to wake up every morning with my son and I get to see him grow, but this mother in Bancroft who wakes up at the same time as me, has the same weather as me, she doesn't get that anymore,” she said.
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