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LIST OF WORKERS ELIGIBLE FOR EMERGENCY CHILD CARE
1. An individual who is,
i. a regulated health care professional, or
ii. an unregulated health care provider working in health care delivery, either directly or indirectly.
2. A police officer as defined in the Police Services Act.
3. A member of a police force other than a police officer as defined in the Police Services
Act.
4. An individual employed as a firefighter as defined in section 1 of the Fire Protection
and Prevention Act, 1997.
5. An individual who is,
i. engaged in providing fire protection services as defined under section 1 of theFire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, and
ii. employed in a fire department as defined under section 1 of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997.
6. A paramedic as defined in the Ambulance Act. 7. A coroner as defined in the Coroners Act.
8. A worker in a correctional institution as defined in the Ministry of Correctional Services Act.
9. An individual employed in the Institutional Services Division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General, including a person employed in a correctional institution as defined in section 1 of the Ministry of Correctional Services Act.
10. An employee of Compass Group Canada Ltd. who works at or provides services in relation to the Cook Chill Food Production Centre.
11. An individual employed in the Ministry of the Solicitor General who performs one or more of the following functions for the Institutional Services Division or Community Services Division:
i. Performing electronic monitoring services. ii. Performing CPIC searches.
iii. Preparing community supervision orders.
LIST OF WORKERS ELIGIBLE FOR EMERGENCY CHILD CARE
12. An animal welfare inspector appointed pursuant to the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019.
13. An individual employed in the operation of,
i. a place of secure custody designated under section 24.1 of the Young Offenders Act (Canada), whether in accordance with section 88 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada) or otherwise, or
ii. a place of secure temporary detention as defined in subsection 2 (1) of theChild, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.
14. Persons employed in the Direct Operated Facilities Branch of the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
15. An individual who performs work that is essential to the delivery of core services in a municipality or First Nation community, as determined by the municipality or First Nation.
16. An individual who performs work of a critical nature in their service area or community, as determined by the Minister of Education or his delegate in consultation with the relevant service system manager or First Nation as those terms are defined under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014.
17. An individual who works in a child care centre authorized to operate pursuant to this Order.