McGuinty Government Strengthens Ontario’s Child Care System
$142.5 Million Funding Boost And New Regulatory College Means Better Care
For Ontario’s Children
SUDBURY, ON, July 12 /CNW/ – The McGuinty government is strengthening
Ontario’s child care system with $142.5 million in funding to sustain 7,000
new licensed spaces and create a first-of-its-kind in Canada regulatory
College of Early Childhood Educators to maintain professional standards of
practice among child care practitioners, Ontario Minister of Children and
Youth Services Mary Anne Chambers announced today.
New funding will provide the City of Sudbury with more than $3 million to
increase wages, address local pressures and sustain 303 additional child care
spaces.
“Our government recognizes the importance of quality, affordable child
care and the need to sustain the significant progress achieved to date,” said
Chambers. “Over the past two years more than 995 licensed child care spaces
have been created in Sudbury. This is helping more parents balance the demands
of work and family, while giving their children access to early childhood
education.”
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