Thank you so much, Chair.
Madam Farris, in your jointly submitted brief, you described the wage floor of $18 an hour set by the Ontario government as an insult to early childhood educators. As a former EC provider, I agree with this wholeheartedly. It's totally unacceptable and disrespectful.
What is the human impact of these inadequate wages and the lack of benefits on workers, on the children they're educating and on your ability to deliver child care programming?