On April 22nd, 2014, the Ontario government announced a wage enhancement for Early Childhood Educators and other child care workers. According to the government press release:

To help recruit and retain workers by providing fairer wages, Ontario is proposing an increase of an average of two dollars per hour for early childhood educators and other front-line child care workers. The first increase will be an average of one dollar per hour and will start January 2015.

• Ontario government press release: "Ontario giving kids the best possible start: Province increasing Ontario Child Benefit, improving the quality of child care [2]", Apr 22, 2014

News and responses:

• Toronto Star: "Ontario Liberals vow to index child care benefit and boost daycare wages [3]", Apr 22, 2014
• CUPE press release: "Wage raise for ECEs and child care workers long-overdue, but province must do more to stabilize child care, keep centres from closing [4]", Apr 22, 2014
• AECEO press release: "AECEO responds to wage increase announcement [5]", Apr 22, 2014