Ontario Child Care in the News
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Media Contact: Carolyn Ferns
Carolyn Ferns is a frequent media commentator on early learning and child care issues in Canada. Carolyn has published op-eds in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen and Today’s Parent. She has been a guest on TVO’s The Agenda, CBC’s Metro Morning, Canada Tonight, Here and Now, and As It Happens, has provided analysis for local radio syndication, and been profiled as one of the Toronto Star’s 10 to Watch.
OCBCC News & Press Releases
Pressure is on to get a $10aDay child care deal signed
On ECE Appreciation Day, Ontario parents and Early Childhood Educators launch a Countdown Clock to...
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
Toronto - Several Ontario families with young children and Early Childhood Educators will be...
Parents and educators urge Ford to sign new federal child care agreement, in light of Auditor-General’s report.Â
Community provides Roadmap to solving issues identified in Auditor’s report. The Ontario Coalition...
Child Care in the News
Pressure is on to get a $10aDay child care deal signed
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...
There’s a New Voice: Parents for Child Care!
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 access." - Global News...
Parents and educators urge Ford to sign new federal child care agreement, in light of Auditor-General’s report.Â
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...
Ministry of Education Memo Says New Funding Formula to Be Implemented in January 2025
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 will be...
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