"Thank you to the OCBCC and AECEO for conducting this important survey. Child care workers look after our littlest ones and are vital to our society and economic functioning. This survey of close to 2,000 of these workers paints a bleak picture of a sector in crisis, with workers feeling stressed, overworked and unhappy.
They rightfully feel disrespected and ignored by the Ford government, who throughout this pandemic refused to give them pandemic pay or answer their pleas for better, safer working conditions. They have long been overworked and underpaid, and the result is a retention crisis that threatens to cause further instability to the sector province-wide, including further closures of centres and programs.
Ford must commit to signing a funding agreement with the federal government. He must invest in giving child care workers fair wages and better working conditions. Our child care workers, parents, and children deserve so much better.
Andrea Horwath and the NDP have committed to working with the federal government to implement a universal, public and non-profit $10-per-day child care plan."
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP critic for Official Opposition Consumer Protection critic Tom Rakocevic (Humber River—Black Creek) champions new law that will finally ban Notices of Security Interest used by bad actors to scam homeowners.
QUEEN’S PARK – Official Opposition NDP Affordability critic Bhutila Karpoche (Parkdale—High Park) joined advocates and community members to announce the Homelessness Task Force Act, 2024.
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Teresa Armstrong (London Fanshawe) will debate legislation to create a task force dedicated to supporting childcare workers and addressing the recruitment and retention crisis.