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Ford government is an obstacle to highly affordable, high-quality child care
Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Ontario’s auditor general reported the Ford government failed to create the number of child care spaces it promised, even as overall demand has tripled. Much of this failure is down to Conservatives’ fixation on for-profit child care… The result? Thousands of families are still without child care.
Tags: child care, Education, ideology, participation, poverty, privatization
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Child-care affordability is coming at the expense of equity — and it’s time governments acted
Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
… more than 16,500 children in Toronto are waitlisted for a space, while nearly one in three publicly funded programs deny them access… Funding structures further entrench inequity. Fee subsidies are paid from provincial budgets, while CWELCC affordability funding comes from the federal government. When families stop using subsidies — because spaces are unavailable or eligibility rules too restrictive — provinces and territories save money, while still benefiting politically from federal investments that make care appear more affordable.
Tags: budget, child care, jurisdiction, participation, poverty
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Wait for core Ontario autism services tops five years: advocates
Friday, October 31st, 2025
Families starting to receive funding now to pay for core therapies including applied behaviour analysis, speech language pathology and occupational therapy are people who registered for the program five years ago… more than 84,000 children are registered in the Ontario Autism Program to seek autism services and 19,600 of them are receiving funding to access core services… Less than one quarter of children registered for the Ontario Autism Program have been given access to the therapy that they were promised
Tags: disabilities, Education, jurisdiction, mental Health
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The federal government tables bail reform bill: 5 ways to strengthen Canada’s bail system
Sunday, October 26th, 2025
We offer concrete solutions that will enhance fairness, public safety and democratic accountability…To build safer communities, the federal government should follow through on its commitment to invest in support services while also helping provinces better monitor and enforce bail conditions. Doing so will ease pressure on the legal system while improving outcomes for people and communities.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction
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Ottawa asks court to overturn tribunal order on First Nations child welfare
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
Progress on a child welfare agreement stalled when First Nations twice rejected a $47.8-billion deal last year, and when Ottawa called a halt to formal talks on the issue with First Nations outside of Ontario… if Ottawa refuses to resume negotiations, the Assembly of First Nations, the Caring Society and the National Children’s Chiefs Commission could present the tribunal with an evidence-based reform plan of their own.
Tags: budget, child care, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights
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Ending vaccine mandates is a cynical political play – and it threatens children’s lives
Wednesday, September 10th, 2025
Only two jurisdictions – Ontario and New Brunswick – have legislated mandatory vaccine requirements for attendance at schools and daycares, but they allow medical, religious and philosophical exemptions. We make vaccine recommendations (which, for no good reason vary by province and territory) and expect parents to do the right thing for their own child and others.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, pharmaceutical, rights
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Why bolstering post-secondary education for former youth in care is a wise investment
Thursday, August 7th, 2025
When youth age out of care… they are expected to navigate adulthood with no family network, limited life skills and inadequate financial supports. The result is a predictable cycle of poverty, homelessness and criminalization. The cost of this approach is staggering… In Ontario, every dollar invested in extended care from ages 21 to 25 could yield $1.36 million in savings or earnings over a lifetime through improved educational attainment, reduced reliance on social benefits, lower rates of criminal justice involvement and increased contributions through taxes.
Tags: crime prevention, Education, participation, poverty, youth
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Home-care in Ontario can’t keep up — and it’s getting worse
Thursday, July 31st, 2025
… funding home-care is costly, but Ontario cannot afford the alternative. The average per-day cost of home-care is $103. That same per-day cost for long-term care is $201 and a staggering $730 for alternate level care. More importantly, home-care supports what 95 per cent of Ontarians say they want — to remain in their homes as they age.
Tags: budget, Home Care, privatization, Seniors, standard of living
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This confidential report reveals Ontario is spending millions to warehouse kids under Children’s Aid care in hotels and other unlicensed settings
Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Ontario is spending millions of dollars a year to warehouse vulnerable kids in hotels, shelters and other unlicensed settings that child welfare agencies are turning to amid a provincewide shortage of treatment options for kids with complex health needs… The use of these placements has soared over the past three years… putting unprecedented strain on children’s aid societies and leaving many kids in unstable or dangerous living arrangements where they are being contained rather than treated.
Tags: budget, child care, homelessness, jurisdiction, standard of living, youth
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Carney’s new nation-building plan lacks a vision for our social, educational and health needs
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025
We all need good work, housing, education, health care, child care, clean water, safe food and environmental protection. These must be central to our idea of a transformed Canada. All require immediate government attention. They can’t be relegated to the background, in deference to corporate demands for a wide-open economy where regulations and taxes don’t hold things back. Our economic rethinking must extend to developing new guardrails on business entry into the care economy.
Tags: economy, ideology, privatization, standard of living
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