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Human Resources committee  John and I would both like to speak to that. One of the things that I could say to you is that when we talk about choices, there needs to be a range of choices. There are, in fact, a large number of families, and Malton is very close to the area that Ms. Dhalla represents. We t

May 8th, 2007Committee meeting

Lorna Reid

Human Resources committee  Currently we have over 2,000 children waiting for subsidized child care.

May 8th, 2007Committee meeting

Lorna Reid

Human Resources committee  They could be on a wait list for up to 18 months.

May 8th, 2007Committee meeting

Lorna Reid

Human Resources committee  There are none available in terms of subsidy, but we have enough funding for 4,000 spaces out of the 22,000 licensed spaces. I could give you an example of something that came to my attention in Brampton last week. I'm not sure whether it was in your constituency or not. We lea

May 8th, 2007Committee meeting

Lorna Reid

Human Resources committee  It depends on the age of the child. We usually average it out at about $8,000 a year as the cost. If it's an infant, it could be more than $10,000; if the child is school-age, much less than that.

May 8th, 2007Committee meeting

Lorna Reid

Human Resources committee  No. We worked it out. It would provide maybe just over $4 a day, and the cost of care for an infant could be close to $60 a day, and for a school-ager at the lower end probably $18 a day.

May 8th, 2007Committee meeting

Lorna Reid

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Peel uses this model to validate the reports of departments. This clause of the bill will further strengthen accountability. However, the timeframe of 60 days may be too ambitious, as programs in Peel report their successes to Peel, Peel reports to the Province of Ont

May 8th, 2007Committee meeting

Lorna Reid

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm Lorna Reid, and I'm currently the director of early years integration in the children's services department in the Region of Peel. I'm privileged right now to lead Peel's Best Start strategy, which is part of Ontario's implementation of federal funding

May 8th, 2007Committee meeting

Lorna Reid