Funding comes from the federal government and goes to the provinces. Right now, it's mostly for $10‑a‑day day care. Sometimes, subsidies are available, but other times, the process is more challenging. Ontario is a good example, because all the funding goes through the municipalities. You know how many municipalities there can be in Ontario. We need to approach each municipality and ask them how many spots are allocated to francophones and how many francophone parents can benefit from a subsidized day care spot at $10 a day for their child.
Moreover, the governments often think that, because a spot has been found in an anglophone day care for a francophone family, the job is done. Some tell us that, once a child has been placed in a day care, the issue is resolved. They don't make any distinction between the two languages. They don't even see the importance of placing a francophone child in a francophone day care rather than in an anglophone centre.
We prefer unilingual French‑speaking day care centres. Placing francophone children in anglophone day cares leads to assimilation rather than the preservation of the French language.