Our recommendations:

• Invest an initial $375 million to develop and implement a province-wide Wage Grid for RECEs
  and child care staff, as a first step to implementing “Growing Together: Ontario's Early Years
  and Child Care Workforce Strategy.” A $25 minimum wage is required to immediately protect
  and respect the early childhood workforce and address recruitment and retention issues.
• Immediately reverse $49 million in planned cuts to child care.
• Increase general operating funding by $500 million to stabilize the child care sector.
• Allocate funding to lower class sizes, ensure paid preparation time and collaborative planning
  time for the Kindergarten Team, and ensure a healthy and safe work environment.
• Allocate $600 million to begin a transition to operational funding that supports low fees or no
  fees for families.
• Fund 7 permanent paid sick days and additional 14 paid sick days during public health
  emergencies.

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