Ontario’s New Child-Care Funding Scheme Will Force Centre Closures

Most families in Ontario will continue to face growing waitlists and limited access to licensed child care, not only within the $10-per-day system, but increasingly, outside of it, writes Andrea Hannen. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

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The government of Ontario recently announced its revamp of funding for licensed centres covered by the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program (CWELCC)—also known as the $10-a-day system. In an interview with CP24 on Aug. 15, former Education Minister Todd Smith said the new funding scheme would provide child-care operators with certainty and stability, that it was simple and easy to administer, and that it would set centres up to grow more spaces.