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A Tilbury mother of three young children is calling on the province’s Ministry of Education to revise who is eligible for the Ontario Child Care Fee Subsidy.
She argues the mathematical calculations used to make these decisions do not match today’s cost of living.
“My kids are my entire world,” said Emily Rubinski, mother of Avery, 6, Remington, 4, and Maggie, 2. “We actually play outside in the yard a lot because we can’t really afford too much.”
Starting this month, she is no longer eligible for an Ontario Child Care Fee Subsidy after she and her partner moved under one roof.
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The Ontario Child Care Fee Subsidy is different from the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care or CWELCC system.
CWELCC is capped at $22 per day in Ontario with the initial intention of dropping it to $10 per day under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
According to a report published Wednesday, by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ontario does not yet have plans to reduce fees to $10 a day.
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