Human Resources committee  I'm sorry; are you asking if it's feasible that they come up with all of those—

Human Resources committee  I can't speak from a place of evidence, but anecdotally from my own experience and our experience as an organization, it seems highly unlikely. There are staffing shortages across Ontario and across Canada as well. From our perspective with home child care, we have long been advo

Human Resources committee  For the most part, that's out of our realm of experience. We don't really keep track of wait-lists for licensed child care, or for any child care. I can say that I talk to parents regularly who are looking for child care, who are desperate for child care and who are looking at

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  We feel that the home child care providers are accountable to the parents and to their communities. Parents know what kind of experience their child is having. We know that good quality and poor quality exists in all sectors, just as in all professions, and that a licence doesn't

Human Resources committee  That's how we—

Human Resources committee  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 profi

Human Resources committee  Hello. Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members, for this opportunity. The Child Care Providers Resource Network is committed to the well-being and safety of all children. We are a non-profit charitable organization with a mission to provide information, training, resources an