Infant care spaces are disappearing across Muskoka
By Jennifer Bowman, Bracebridge Examiner
MUSKOKA — It was expected and now it’s here.
Daycares are changing how they operate and who they serve now that full-day kindergarten has taken their most profitable clientele, those aged 3.8 years and older. The last round of schools to implement full-day kindergarten will open their new classrooms this fall, landing the final blow to some daycares.
Read moreThe case against for-profit ‘big box’ child care
Child care should be a public good to benefit all, not a business whose goals may have little to do with serving children, families and community.
Laurel Rothman/Martha Friendly, Toronto Star - Aug. 7, 2014
Ontario election: Horwath vows $100M to support childcare centres
Toronto Star, May 11, 2014
Horwath chose Mother’s Day to announce at a campaign stop near Hamilton Harbour that saving subsidized child care spaces is a priority for her third-place party.