905 Round- Up: Ontario is Failing It's Children

The 905er Podcast

Warning this episode deals with child abuse and endangerment

We welcome back to the podcast Ajay Sharma for this episode.

As we prepared to cover this episode several news items broke ground in Ontario that we felt could not be ignored. First was the Ontario PC government's plan to back out of the $ 10-a-day daycare funding formula for private daycare providers. The result could be disastrous for parents, children, and ECEs who were enjoying a $2 an-hour pay increase. This sudden reversal is going to leave a big game and lead to what we think will be two-tiered daycares in the province. Result in greater costs for parents with less return.

The second and rather quite alarming news item was a story broke by Global News that under this Ontario government, wards of the state in Children's aid programs were dying at the rate of one every three days. A dishonour that should bring down any provincial government. So why is there so little outcry or attention being paid to this travesty?

Links to the articles and previous episodes mentioned in the episode are here.

Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development: Will the Province Blink First on Childcare?

Ontario cutting funding from daycare centres not in $10-a-day program

‘The system has fallen apart’: A child dies every 3 days under Ontario’s care network

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