Toronto parents have to pay full daycare fees instead of $10/day because the Province cancelled thousands of school-based daycare spots! They want private operators, not non-profit ones. Note how the Ford government hid from this interview. www.thestar.com/life/most-pr... #topoli #onpoli - ThreadSky

normsworld.bsky.social • 37 days ago

Toronto parents have to pay full daycare fees instead of $10/day because the Province cancelled thousands of school-based daycare spots! They want private operators, not non-profit ones. Note how the Ford government hid from this interview. https://www.thestar.com/life/most-provinces-have-dropped-daycare-costs-to-10-day-why-are-some-toronto-parents-still/article_262c59ca-c145-11ef-962d-a3715aeff873.html #topoli #onpoli

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deenomorecrap.bsky.social•37 days ago

Same old BS from Doug Ford's government...we just keep electing him...

rachelwales.bsky.social•37 days ago

I knew the Conservatives would sabotoge this and anything good that Trudeau tried to implement. I fucking hate them. Don't come in my feed and don't interact with me. No Conservatives allowed. #NeverVoteConservative

myob1.bsky.social•37 days ago

Is this only happening in Ontario? Are other provinces opting out of the daycare program?

normsworld.bsky.social•37 days ago

Here’s the list of daycare spots the Ford Government killed across the city, all to be run in partnership with non-profit operators who would have opted in to the $10/day plan. Ford sabotaged Toronto families!

normsworld.bsky.social•37 days ago

It’s not just Toronto who lost daycare spaces either. 4,000 daycare spaces lost to families across Ontario! https://www.haltonhillstoday.ca/local-news/56-child-care-projects-planned-for-schools-across-ontario-cancelled-government-docs-9243929

terraistrying.bsky.social•37 days ago

I stayed home w my 2 kids because of the brutal cost of daycare in ON. When I got divorced during the pandemic, being out of the workforce/losing my professional network put me in a financial hole I’ll never recover from. This is the future for more women, if they chose to have kids at all

sheenasharp.bsky.social•37 days ago

And don’t believe the news. Ask parents.
10$/day childcare does not exist in Ontario.
And worse, childcare at any price is not available in Ontario.

And this is a signature achievement?
OUR GOVERNMENTS ARE INCOMPETENT!

normsworld.bsky.social•37 days ago

Doesn’t help that the Ontario government cancelled 3,000 spots in Toronto. Seems to be working reasonably well in other provinces like BC.

sheenasharp.bsky.social•37 days ago

Assuming good will, both levels of government are incompetent. Why do the Libs keep giving the Prov. Cons money when it just disappears to something else. (Why do the NDP not complain?)

We dont have a service when it clears parliament , we have it when it is available to citizens.

mari2023.bsky.social•37 days ago

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axedame.bsky.social•37 days ago

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triball.bsky.social•37 days ago

Ford is a disgusting fraud

cptcanada.bsky.social•37 days ago

$10 a day daycare another great program brought to you by PM Trudeau along with extended shared Parental Leave for newborns
Notice who wants Canadians to NOT have access to this are CONs the self proclaimed Party of average Canadians

thewittykitty.bsky.social•37 days ago

OPC's math ain't mathing.
"Saving Ontario taxpayers money". Oh really! 🤨

suedoo.bsky.social•37 days ago

Galen's cousin:

whereisgraeme.bsky.social•37 days ago

The TDSB and other landlords also jacked up rents on lots of daycare providers.

normsworld.bsky.social•37 days ago

Sorry to hear that! The current phase of $10/day daycare would take care of operating costs.

whereisgraeme.bsky.social•37 days ago

Norm they jacked up the rents BECAUSE of the new funding being provided to cover operating costs. The non-profits got absolutely ambushed on this.

normsworld.bsky.social•37 days ago

Sounds like the TDSB could have coordinated better with the Feds on this move. I don’t know the details, perhaps TDSB’s costs have been rising as well? Any link to share with more info?

whereisgraeme.bsky.social•37 days ago

Here’s the link to provincial changes. I’ve heard it’s being reflect by TDSB as well. I’m unfamiliar with how the two overlap.

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/education-and-training/province-to-charge-child-care-centres-in-government-buildings-full-market-rate-rents-in-2025-9338553

swingingbunt.bsky.social•37 days ago

This is something a provincial government has the power to stop with laws. And still doesn’t change the cost to families, does it?

whereisgraeme.bsky.social•37 days ago

It changes the cost to families if $10 daycare isn’t available due to closures?

Here’s an example of how the province has messed with the funding model

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/07/04/toronto-daycare-rolls-back-staff-wage-raises-blames-ontarios-funding-model/

swingingbunt.bsky.social•37 days ago

I think Norm’s point is that Ford broke it, partly in the way you describe.

gaymcmillen.bsky.social•37 days ago

Sounds so American, privatize, then monetize. That way, only those with money can send their kids to decent daycare or preschool. The dumbing down of Canadian kids is off to a good start.

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