“Keep the Promise!” — Ontario Child Care Community Urges Ford and Carney to Fully Fund $10aDay Child Care, as Extension Deal Stalls Progress on Fee Reductions

by Carolyn Ferns | 11 Nov 2025 | News & Press Releases, Featured, Media

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  – November 11, 2025 Toronto, ON — Parents, educators, and child care advocates across Ontario are calling on Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Mark Carney to keep their promise and fully fund $10aDay child care. Their call comes...

Pressure is on to get a $10aDay child care deal signed

by Carolyn Ferns | 21 Oct 2025 | Featured, Media, News & Press Releases

On ECE Appreciation Day, Ontario parents and Early Childhood Educators launch a Countdown Clock to warn the provincial and federal governments that time is running out to secure the $10aDay child care plan.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto – Early Childhood...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Ontario parents and Early Childhood Educators at  Queen’s Park Tuesday with an urgent call for Ontario and the federal government to sign new child care agreement

by Carolyn Ferns | 20 Oct 2025 | Events, Media, News & Press Releases

Toronto – Several Ontario families with young children and Early Childhood Educators will be attending the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday October 21st 2025 to mark nearly 5 months until the current $10aDay child care agreement expires, and launch a Countdown...

Parents and educators urge Ford to sign new federal child care agreement, in light of Auditor-General’s report. 

by Carolyn Ferns | 1 Oct 2025 | News & Press Releases, Featured, Media

Community provides Roadmap to solving issues identified in Auditor’s report. The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) is welcoming a new report from Ontario’s Auditor-General, which calls on the Ford government to fix gaps in the early learning and child...

There’s a New Voice: Parents for Child Care!

by P4CC | 25 Nov 2024 | Parent Campaigns, Media

Parents for Child Care Update “There’s a new voice in the fight for affordable child care in Ontario – families who say they have experienced first-hand how $10aDay child care can be life-changing, so they want it expanded so every family has...

Ministry of Education Memo Says New Funding Formula to Be Implemented in January 2025

by Carolyn Ferns | 9 May 2024 | News & Press Releases, Media

A May 7th, 2024 memo from Ministry of Education Assistant Deputy Ministry Holly Moran to child care licensees announced that a new child care funding formula will be implemented in January 2025, and that further details on the “cost-based” funding approach...