Human Resources committee  All I can really confirm for you.... Yes, I agree that there needs to be the transparency for the money that is being spent. Right now, there are a lot of requirements on operators. We have to provide our audited financial statements annually to our CMSMs, and then those are even

Human Resources committee  It's very disheartening for the staff. Honestly, when that wage floor was announced, it was like a punch in the gut to our staff. Not only is the wage floor really low, but there also is a cap or a ceiling of a maximum of $25 per hours—$23 if you take out the wage enhancement. Ag

Human Resources committee  Absolutely.

Human Resources committee  In our small community we have two amazing for-profit centres. I just want to give them a shout-out because they are incredible and they really are concerned about quality child care. However, in our small community, a big box style for-profit centre would definitely be detrimen

Human Resources committee  I think that the priority should be public not-for-profit care, but I also think that we need to really focus hard on the centres themselves and the kind of quality they are providing. As I mentioned, the two small centres we have here are like “mom and pop” style for-profit cen

Human Resources committee  Regarding the age in the CWELCC program, they're aiming specifically for children of ages zero to six. Any child over the age of six is not eligible for any kind of fee reduction. Obviously, we still provide care for those children, but they're not eligible for the fee reduction.

Human Resources committee  I apologize. I didn't hear the beginning of the question. My interpretation function wasn't on properly. Is it possible to have the question restated, please?

Human Resources committee  Do I think that the quality would be compromised in what capacity...?

Human Resources committee  I genuinely worry about the ability to provide quality care if we don't have the workforce to support and sustain it. In all my commentary on this, I keep coming back to “it's all about the workforce”. We are currently in a staffing crisis. We have an incredible shortage of staff

Human Resources committee  Yes, I definitely do have concerns. That exact system could happen. As I've mentioned, there are so many children who sit on the wait-list and do not have a space, and there are operators who have chosen not to opt into CWELCC and can therefore provide or offer spaces to those

Human Resources committee  Certainly. I'm sorry about that. Let me skip ahead. Both the federal and provincial governments are promising to increase child care spaces. However, it's impossible to do so without the workforce to support and sustain this. Without adequate staffing, we cannot create more spac

Human Resources committee  Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to speak on behalf of the child care community. I'm grateful to be here, today, to share with you some areas of concern regarding Bill C-35 and the Canada-wide early learning and child care program from the perspective of a director