Summary

In collaboration with B2C2, Dr. Gordon Cleveland has written a primer on what Ontario should do to make sure that not-for-profit and public child care have the supports necessary to expand.  It offers 10 key recommendations and some good discussion of what’s wrong with Ontario’s current approach.

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10 Recommendations for action

The Ontario early learning and child care expansion plan should, we think, have the following elements. There are 10 recommendations. The first 7 relate to financing, planning and managing expansion of early learning and child care services. The 8th, 9th and 10th recommendations address the crisis in the supply of qualified educators, the need for transparent mechanisms of cost-control and reporting, and the need for support for organizations like B2C2. We put this forward as a basis for discussion and consultation. 1