Thank you.
From our perspective, home child care providers who are independent or unlicensed and not part of a not-for-profit or licence system are not making a profit; they're earning a salary. It's two different things.
They're not bringing in so much money that it's a profit. They're self-employed. They're entrepreneurs. They're making a livable wage—a salary—doing work that is meaningful to them and to their community. They are providing services to the children in their areas and neighbourhoods. Yes, they are earning an income so that they can be self-sufficient, economically independent and support their own children and their own families.
In that sense, if we could find a way to include these home child care entrepreneurs, perhaps with direct licensing or some other mechanism, it would open access to so many families to be able to have a spot under the CWELCC plan.