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Title A name given to the resource Northwestern Ontario Associated Chamber of Commerce Subject The topic of the resource Business and Industry Communities in Northwestern Ontario Description An account of the resource Northwestern Ontario Associated Chamber of Commerce delegation in front of entrance to Parliament Buildings, Toronto, 1969. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NODA_M-65-5 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Canada - Ontario - Toronto https://writingresources.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/cf1b7501cce75b26d538b59167cfb45a.pdf bac6b7efc67335fe41bcec4fcf608c16 PDF Text Text , ':1f J .,.: .• N·orthwestern Ontario Day Care April 86 News 1 NWO DAY CARE NEWS is a forum for the sharing of information between day care groups throughout Northwestern Ontario, as wel I as providing information about what's happening on the federal and provincial scenes - both in terms of governmental policy/ legislation and wi~h advocacy groups' activities. We hope that this newsletter wi I I combat some of the isolation that day care workers and advocates fee I and that through sharing resources, ideas and action plans we can develop strategies to ensure the growth and strengthening of qua I ity day care in our region. We welcome submissions to this newsletter from every day care centre and committee throughout NWO. Please send art i c Ies, newsc I i pp i ngs, I etters, etc. to Box 144, Thunder Bay P7C 4V5. This news update wi I I be brief as we are enclosing the Coal it ion newsletter which provides a wealth of information about day care issues you wil I be interested in. INDIRECT SUBSIDY Be sure to read pp.3-5 of the Coal it ion newsletter which indicates optimism that the province wi I I make some necessary changes. As you wil I see, Gerry Duda, Senior Pol icy Coordinator, COMSOC "agreed with Coal it ion representatives that it did not make sense for the province to be enforcing its instructions to municipal day care centres to increase their fees to ful I per diem costs -at the same time the government was conducting a ful I-scale review of funding alternatives". Duda informed Sue-Colley "that indeed there seems to have been an oversight and the Regional Directors were meeting with the Policy Branch ... to discuss a new pol icy which would relax the rule requiring municipal centres to raise their fees to ful I cost by the end of 1986". While this is welcome news, we cannot relax. It appears that this relaxed policy/directive has not filtered down because we keep hearing that district COMSOC officials are continuing to pressure municipalities to raise fees and to take cost-cutting measures that wi I I erode the qua I ity of care provided by day care centres (see Thunder Bay and Longlac articles). It would be a tragedy if any of our NWO centres were forced to close or abandon qua I ity service before new (and hopefully satisfactory) policies were effected. We must increase our advocacy to ensure the stabi I ity of our existing centres. NWO DAY CARE PROJECT Our funding request to Secretary of State to carry out our regional project from January - June 1986 got caught in the federal government "freeze", and our grant was rejected because "the Government has acted on the basis of its fundamental commitment to reducing the nat i ona I debt". We fa i I to see how the $12,000 we were denied wi I I substantially reduce the federal deficit ... however, the reality is we didn't get it, so our plans to conduct a comprehensive survey of day care in NWO and to convene regional forums have had to be postponed. We have re-app·I ied for the grant for the period June - December 1986, thus hopefully the forums can be organized for early fal I. VIDEO PROJECT The Coal it ion has received a grant from the Ontario Women's Directorate for the Chi Id Care Video Project. Videotapes • wi I I be produced in 10 communities across the province, i I lustrating chi Id care concerns of local parents and day care groups. Marathon and Sioux Lookout have been chosen to represent NWO day care programs and issues. �I2 I COMMUN ITY NE\~S REPORTS TO READ The Post Card campaign organized by the SIOUX LOOKOUT PARENTS' GROUP is wel I underway, with hundreds of post cards from across Northwestern Ontario being sent to Premier David Peterson urging a universally accessible, publicly funded, high qua I ity day care system. If you need more post cards for your community, contact Janet Wi I ki nson, Box 177, Sioux Lookout or the NWO Regional Day Care Committee, Box 144, Thunder Bay P7C 4V5. Be sure to get a copy of the Report of the Task Force on Chi Id Care (the Katie Cooke report). This report can be obtained for $9.95 from Canada Government Publishing Centre, Supply & Services Canada, Ottawa KIA OS9. We al I need to be familiar with this report and be prepared to advocate for a number of its key recommendations. Some excel lent research studies have also been published (separately) by the Task Force. These are avai Iable free from the Communications Unit, Status of Women Canada, 10th Floor, 151 Sparks Street, Ottawa. TERRACE BAY's Town Counci I approved a request by the Day Care Group and have appointed a Day Care Advisory Committee composed of Town Counci I and parent representatives. This committee wil I further investigate ways and means to develop a day care centre in Terrace Bay. We are pleased to know that a Parents' Group has been formed in GERALDTON. The BIG TROUT LAKE Women's Group have placed day care at the top of their priorities. They have conducted a needs survey and are working toward the establishment of a day care centre in their community. We're happy to report that THUNDER BAY City Counci I is taking real leadership by urging the province to continue the 'indirect subsidy'. This and other positive actions arose from a recent meeting of .the City's Community Services Committee. With day care children and their parents packing Counci I Chambers, city politicians gave a sympathetic hearing to the briefs submitted by the Thunder Bay Advocates for Quality Chi Id Care, NWO Regional Day Care Committee, CUPE and individual parents. The issue arose because City Administration had put forward a report which included a number of recommended • changes that would seriously affect the quality of Thunder Bay's municipal day care and jeopardize the existence of lhe centres. Thankfully, City Counci I deferred al I these recommendations and wi I I press the province- for appropriate government support. (If you would like a copy of the brief we made to the City let us know.) SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CHILD CARE Although the dates for the hearings iQ Thunder Bay and Dryden have not yet been· confirmed, it appears I ikely that they wil I be ~eld during the week of May I~ . to May 16. Please plan to attend these hearings. Contact your parent group or day care supervisor for more information. THUNDER BAY ADVOCATES FOR QUALITY CHILD CARE ... Thunder Bay Advocates for Qua I ity Chi Id Care wi I I be meeting on Thursday, Apri I 17, 1986, at 8:00 p.m. at Ogden Community Centre to discuss the fo I lowing: Representations to the Special Committee on Chi Id Care; report and fol low-up to the presentation ma.de to City Counc i I; and plans for future activities of the advocacy group. If you require chi Id care, please advise by cal ling 345-7802 no later than Apri I 16. "The lack of better data on the number of children requiring chi Id care services is, perhaps, a reflection of the profound disinterest in the Ii ves and we I fare of chi Idren and their fam i I i es, which we detect on the part of government and po I icy makers in Canada." [The Katie Cooke Report] �Times-News, March I I, 1986 Chronicle-Journal, March 11, 1986 Daycare provides hot times ByHA\'lllt'IIOOD Chronidr-Juurn.11 Slarf An anxious cro•·d of 150 peopl•. mosl of lhem women and t'hildnn, overflov. td council chamben Mon• day. tttking lurns lo ,peak out agiiinsl policits lh•y feel lhruien lhe i,.,1111.sn:1>T rily'1 daycare ... •·tn hilu.•5 syslem. lrightc-ning" The community sen·ice~ commillee -.·as faced "·ith JO depulalions from indi• viduals or groups im·olved with day• care. The message was the ume Krap SOC'iail ~rvires' plan to cul back on daynre starf and pass on large tosl incrr.un 10 full-pay users. ··Tb, plans are jt.-opardizing the municipal daycare system we have in place:· ,aid Rulh Wells. president of Thunder Bay Ad,·ocales for Qualily Child Care. • new umbrella group. --coun<il musl ask Ibis policy be re• scinded immNiialely ... At issue is an administration report ~~!c:!!': :a~:~::n··::5!::,,~~l:f!!: Several speakers conlf:nded higher ft.-eS v.·ilJ lower daycare occupancy rates lo lhe point where the city will have to dose one or more of its cenlres. 01hen said single parents especially have had to pass on jobs ilnd drop out of training courses bl"Cause of a Jack of daycare. Fiona Karl,tedl. speaking for lhe Northweslern Ontario Regional Day Care commillee, said she found the hiked· fees ··an extremely frightening proposal... KIIAUS•; HOOED Aid. Peter KraUS<? IMclnlyrel got 1 boo from the p.1rllsan crowd when he sug~<-sl<d the indirecl subsidy might not entirely be needed and questioned .. ~·helher, al Hn:es, lhal ldayca;reJ need is being placed •·her, ii belongs." But Kr,;,use's insi~tcnce the real problem lies with the lederal and provincial governments, who should be ••pres• sured'' lo change their plans. met with agreement from the majority of the committee. A tettm from city social services Jed by Jim Dolph, told lhe commin,.' the eliminalion ol the indirect subsidy, now set lo occur at the end of lhe year, was the chief faclor prompling the report. Also, '"if we don't move lo enrolment• based contracts, lhe province could cancel all other subsidies," uid Qolph. Dolph and other Slaff explain«! laler the daycare enrolmenl contracts will nol penalize parents for suddenly• <'hanged circumstances. The agree• ments will contain cancellation clause& based on only 48-houn notice, allowing parenls wh05e work hours, family conditions or locations have chan,ed to avoid paying for unused daycare lime. Delph said currently only 69 per cent or city daycare spaces are occupied and lhal a largel of 90 per cent is needed lo sl.ilve off the impending fee hikes. • Nonetheless, many 11dermen ex• pressed <'1Jncem "'ilh the reporl's sue• geslions and the comm1tlt..-e deferred the mosl conlroversial six of J1 recommen• dalions alter commillee dlairman Aid. Dusly Miller rel•yed some recent d<•el• opmenls on lhe provincial level: daily rale (ar chilflren in clty daycare. Mosl thanJes afl«I lhe 275 children un• der care 1n (our organized centres. Amonglhem: • Fee hikes sl.ilrting this September to be1w ..n $26.33 and $28.16 per child per day from $17.$0 currenlly charged, •·hen the ••indir«t subsidy" from the federal ,ovemment thars passed on by the province is eliminated. • Enrolment-based stalling, using four-hour "supply" daycare workers, permanent parl-timers and splil shifts u, pla« of some of U,., ..lixed"' stall. • Enrolment contracts with parents, JSin& a binding contract lhal would ~~!~ 1rhea~u:~r i~1d~~~!!~eitf:~~ places the current method of billing cli• eni. based on 1Uendance records. • Clooing two of the centres for the monlhs of July and August. when sys• lem••·id< occupancy is only 50 per eent. C"IT\' TRAPPED, Bllr... ··we are truly caught betw,.n I rock and a hard place - ho"·ever, lhere b 1 ALREADY BIG l'IIOHLEMS Several speaker$ lold u,., commillee lilllt lighl al lhe end of lhe lunnel." she the changes could destroy a daycare announced. Miller said provincial official$ hive S)'S1f'm 1hat already has problems, in• dudin& ill cost to the lower ranks of recently admillcd the plan to recover middlf'-income people and .. working the fuJI cost of daycare from iother• wise I unsubsidized families Is "al odds .. poor•· and with low pay-levels for sLilfl. ··why is u,., city so eager lo further re- with the Liberal government's expan11rid at"<'f'.11 to qua lily daycare?" asked sion of such services: Joan Williams, a parent using the city , ··Regional direc:lon tol lhe Ministry <enlres. '"A subslanlial rale increase ol Community and Social Services) wlh •·ill force parenlJ to find less expensive be asked to relax this policy" while u,., government prepares a white paper on and CinleriorJ daycare." "Compu-ed to other increaHS, I.he ex• all daycare Issues, she uid. "I've heard more than enough to con• ltaonlinary increase in dar,care fees appeal'$ dillocull to justily. • said Wells. vince me we're jumping the gun on this lOting cily daycare fees rose 350 per issut!."" said Aid. B•lly Kenn<dy IMcK• cent bel~·..n 1!174 and lasl year, double ellarJ. '"There are numerous long and short-term impliulions, like daycare in/lalion"s <limb. Judith Mongrain. pr<Sid<nl of the Ca· centre closures." The committee deferred lhe ilems on nadian Union ol Public Employees' Local t1 repraenlin& city v.·orkers, said the !ee increase, summer closures, inlhe polities •·ill cost both daycare work· clus1on of younger-aged infants and an ers and p,1rents usinl the city service April I largel dale for dropping lhe lndi• lh•ir jobs. lhe Jailer becausr lhry"II ~ttl subsid,., ..~ial services will modily have lo quil rather than pa .. mosl ol its propos.a s 1n lime for the commitlee'1 April meeling. th Th~ co~~illtt, however. agreed to °o~:~'::!~Yiorca the ~ity lo pass on e,imination ol the lndi· drop its m1mmum user fee ubout S2S 1 year> for ~·elfan~ clienls and lo raise the reel daycare subsidy - roughly IO per slandlird deduction used to r•kulale u,., doycare subsidy "means lesl" lrom 10 ::!:'a:-~u~r~!ni~:n-~--~ per cent ol net Income lo 25 per cent, Sl,t!llper child, .. wid Wells. .. 11'1 unlikely lhert art very many broadening auiilanre •haibility . famihes ~·ho can afford lhese fees," she The cily will also pl,ace lhe iuue 15qua• uid, prtdiclinl a rnlriC'lion of munlcl· rely on the shoulden or the province and pal dayn~ to subsid11td, lower-income anempl lo lobby lor relcnl1on o/ the in• d1rorl 1ubsldy. l1milit1 and ..the rich." ::'l!>~~:rfo5 :.::i Parent awareness__me~ting--· at Long lac day ca-r~ "c;e.ntre, ,· ' ....... , _ _;- --- JI - be eligible lo r~ccive a subsidy to a~si1t was pn:v1ous1y quesuonea by parents lhem in paying for the cosl ol kt..-epine concerning the cost or part-time day. lheir child in day rare. Janlunen care usage. Jt is hardtr lo Hhedu)e str~~rd thal the assist.nee Is nol wel- st~ffing for part-time day care, so that LONGLAC - Gu\·crnmcnt suh~idy fare but a·subsidy. TI1rough this furmat ra1~cs the cost, she said. • . • • • •. ends lur lht- Longlar O~y C;,rr Centre on 1).&rt~i~ ~ubsidizalion can be available~ Jn an dforl lo miintatn stable -...·ork• Nov. J, iillld U,e adminislr.1lors Mr'-' plan• - Ehg1b1hly dl'pcnds upon inct1me Mnd ing condilions lor the slliff, therefore rening ahead. mcinlhly bills, with available im·ome u ducinc lht pouibilily of Joosine ,tart, . A Lout 15 porcnts atknded a parent the key. Jttnluncn asked parrnU loronsidct hava~,;,renrss 1m:tling where lhcy were A policy, 10 say thal .aJJ parcnb v.·ould ine the day care closed for two months gi\'c•n an u51porlunity lo dirtcl their romplcle a nl't'ds test, was an idea pre. in U1e summu or make it a\l'ailable for quc!<lliuns lo lot·al dd)' rare.· h·adcrs and u·ntrd al the meeling. This way lhtre full time wurking J'41rents onJy during C,1;h·i11 r.tt.'l'll, proi:ram !>Uf1Cn'i~or -...·ilh wuuld ht no sel lee. A fol ol JJ(.'ople try lo th.al lime. •• lhe Mmistry of Cummunily aod Social rc•ducc llitir i,icomc lax, lhis is a way to Desnciges Blier. i member ol the Sl'n·ic-es. rcdu(.'e individual day rare fees, said slalf, iolrodured 1hr Jnle~ution pro111(:rt.·a~cs in day c.ire rafts ar sd,cd- r.rccne. Jrim for mtnt.ally or j>hystcally h.andulc:d lhroughoul lhc )'l'ilr to inf.·orpurate • l<"iJJJicd children 01ildrcn placed in tJlil 1 u~tr va,· J1C>hry. nic i,cr dif.•m, v.·hat it Running .tn dlil'icnt day c.re r~duces p1ugro1m can be ;n~isted in learning and fCl)lS IOtlJlt.'rale i,,<:r child pcr day, is $20. operating costs. and one "''ii)' Co do that ran imvrove In basic skills. PariaiLs of TI1e people are paying Sil a day. 111e is through utilization of stall. JI tnrol• special netds children should contact pro\'iun: 1i.ays 80 per rcnl and the lown ' mcnl is JOO per t·cnt capacity it ie du,·a the day rart centre lof furtJ1er inlorma• pays 20 per cenl ol the .tmounl not µaid roSlS. Prc~ent cap;,cily is 45 children. lion concernin, th program.• . .by p.rt:nLS. .. Enrolment is about 100, bul allendance Fee calculation for children v.ith ipev;,rit..'S lo meel the n,-eds of the J)-'renl.5. cial nt-eds a,, difrtrcnt. said Vinceol Hates will mcrease $1 lor the first Cuntractcd c.:nn,lmenl. whiC:h would Green, v..·ho has been associated v.ith child in Loth June and Novl•mLcr. m.iiinLain ma>:imum use of the d.-y c.iire the program for about four ye.an, sajd TI1t· costs art prl'll)' wtJJ fixed," said staff, is 1nothc1 elliciency me.ans. nus he found the Longlac day cai-e cent.re J~ne Jantuncn, 11ocial ~crvice adminis- v.·ould involve commJlling p.itrenls to Wlique. ''Bt:eau.se of the French immerlnlor. TI,o~e inc1udc hydro, heat and briug lheii child lo day care. sion that is h~re. And II works." he said. 5.aluies. .:~•~•~o~'g_,h18J; of•~~ f:~:it•:1.f:~~d1r~:~Jt..!ii Tht more children that allend day ,..,!u~~ • care, the lt!SS lJ1e cost.s. II 1~-ople take with a sillec. --who can allord to pay two th• baby 1iller, .. said Jantunen. . • Thr biggest' question," admitted 01cir children out ol the day care, the limes?" she asked. cosl per child will co up. she added. "We v.·ould have to give a financial Bernice Picard, an early childhood 'Po1rcnls wert em·ourag1..-d to complete "Lrcak for pt.-ople undtr contract," Jan• worker, following lhe meelin& wa1 furm 7, ~·hich is a Nt•eds Tt..•sling for• •luucn aruwered. ..~·hy the aovemme"l doan'l iee day m.-t, to dl·lcrminc whether they would Agnes Vinrent, day care supervisor, careasimporlanl." Hy H~;A A~EIIS-11\"IIO/'i rorn·~J11.mdul CTtll•J1l1unc 329-~71 I) ' 0 ~f1~~.:!t~ 0 Daycare studying finances meetings with M.P.P., council Ma,alhon Dilyc.are ii invt~li&:tlins ,;,hc,na1i\·e1 lo finance i" ,·rn1u· on lic:111l0 D,i.,.c. The h\•.trd tha1 ovtr~cc1 the op,cra1ion of lhc n.·01,c mcl "ilh M.P.P. Cii1lc) r~ulio1 l~sl_ -...n·I. 10 cnlisl. his suppm1 m a11;u11mg fundins f,om lhc pu.n-incial rmc-rnmcnt. Da)·fa1t pll'lliJcnl him Ransom ,ays 1ha1 M.11.a1hon Daycart i1 lhc fo\l l.tdli1y in llu: nullh of lhis lypc "1htt1 i\n 1 1 toing 10 1;c1 fundins... The MiniSII)' ol Communil)' ;,md So.:i.tl Sc1vio:s (C'OMSOC) fundcd rhc upna1ion cm1s lo, a sia,i up pl'I ind .tnd 1.·,m1ribu1,·d ., omc of 1hc capi1al 10 puu:ha~c rquip1m·n1 hul nin1i11ucs 10 ruud ,,nly sub~idi,cd llJl-''n. • Ho111som uid 1ha1 Pouliot promi>cd 10 1.tU, 10 ,-c111u: fK·,1plc in Tuwnlo ;md lll"C ii 1ht1t \,,o ~umc lu1J1Kial lallpp,111 ;,\a1l.1hle. R;,n~om ~.aid hi) ho.ud 1old Poulio1 1hc 0·1111t ir. a 1:10\\ iu, facility »nd ••1w1 a \\ hi1c dcphan1••. lie Hid 1ha1 money is 111a·drd to 1c1 ii 1111001:h 1hc 11'°" lh )&·au. "Wc'\t 1:01 1hr ha,il.:s," ht )o1id, bu1 ,ueucd 1ha1 1hc ci.:n11c m·rds )Omc ••t,ilb" 1u uial.c lhc tol'n·icc a daycare "th•• mo,c people ,...ill be h.-ppy wi1h. •• The bo;,rd hn•c pu11in1 all lu I fuud raisin& r11s in one basl.ct. JI inlc:nds lo .tpprnach co1pora1ions in lhc communi1y 10 ask for a per hour annl in nch,;,nge for iuaro1n1trin1 Sp.tees. The cenue could fill 1he rnc1vcd spaces on a condi1ional arranicmcn1 until the corporation, wan1cd ii . The cor• pon1ion could oiler guar.1n1ccd spacn u para ol 1hc bcocfh • p.tcL.a1c 101 employees. 'fht fin1 corpo10111ion 10 be ofrc,c-d 1his auan1irmrn1 will be ch; T,1'-'mhip of M.tralhon. The Da)~·J1c Hoard hiils ;,lll:cd 10 mcel ..., i1h 1l1c ,·uuncil 10 discuss ihis and 01hcr \\.&)'' rl,c- munilipali1y can of• fr, ,h,i)l,.nrc. Thh indudn ~sl:in& Ilic iowmhip 10 t·ovc:1 20-;0 QI 1hc c.m1 ol 1ubiidi1cd 1pt11rn CCOMSOC onJy p,1y1 kO'l•) and providina or u1h,iJiiin1 lCI\ ice, ,uch as snlic11011. I ocal sc.,.,.ice clubs h.-vc also l1n·n .t\L1.·J 10 C1.H1laidcr purd,.-sin1 .:,111ipmcnl for lht dayc;,rc. ~~ H.iillin, 1hc p1ofik of 1he do1yca1c ala .1 lien ice prn\·idcr is another ,11a1cu 1-hc bua,d is puuuing. ro, im.lanct 1hc ccnur ru111:n1ly olftn a "la1chl.c)'°' pro~r.•m in 1ht moruing ro, 11uhlic )Chool siuJcno. Pau·nu nn d1op 1hrir child1cn oil a1 lhc d.tycarc any1imt ahcr· 1:30 wh4.•rc ltu:y will he lool.ed ar1n 11111il lht ~duml lm) ar• rives in (10111 of lht ccnue. A 1turl'a11i1,uiun is 1al.ing pla~e a1 1hc t·cnuc. The day has been hrol.cn dC'lwn inlo "bloch" which :.re orfc:rl'd ill a rtdun·J rate for para lime d;1)'l'arc IIH'f!r> 1ha1 conuact a v.1.·ck ahead. k.an\Om calls the ))'Mi.:m "t·onlt:&CI billinc." Ul'~idcs lhl' la1chl.cy blocL a 1110mins and af1~1noon ••socialiialion .. blocl: i1 a\·ailablc s.o 1h.t1 children "ho a1e d,oppcd oil c.-.n be im·olv• rd in a cm~1rk1c pwr•.1111 in11cad of comin& in lhc middle of s.omrthina. The S)'Uem is hdpina 1hc cenuc ,a1jonali:1c iu scl1cdul• in&, h's ca~ier lo dc1c,mine how many staff members arc ncedtd. ho"· much food should be .t\·ail.tblc and removes 1hc surp,is.cs in the worl.crs• day. Diop-in d.t)·nrc U)CU 1ha1 don'I nofily 1hc ,rnuc of Iheir in1cn1ion by 1hc Thuud;iy p,ior to using 1hc service ·will pay lhc p,rmium ra1e of Sl.00 ~r hour. u~crs takini advantage of 1hc con1,ac1 billina s.avc 75C per hour. "We're nol • squeaky whtel," says Ransom. ••we sc1.tmblc hul "'C' provide a sc:r.,.ice.•• The un·ice is srnwin& siodily he says. The ccnlr< is holdina i1s own wi1h the cquhi1lcn1 of 14 full lime p;u1icipo11111. 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Northvvestern Ontario Day Care Nevvs December 185 NWO DAY CARE NEWS is a forum for the sharing of information between day care groups throughout Northwestern Ontario, as wel I as providing information about what's happening on the federal and provincial scenes - both in terms of governmental pol icy/legislation and with advocacy groups' activities. We hope that this newsletter wil I combat some of the isolation that day care workers and advocat'es fee I and that through sharing resources, ideas and action plans we can develop strategies to ensure the growth and strengthening of qua I ity day care in our region. We wi I I welcome submissions to this newsletter from every day care committee/centre throughout NWO. Please send articles, newscl ippings, letters, etc. to Box 144, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 4V5. From these visits, the need for a strong, regional organization has been expressed by many people. The networks that are evolving need continued work and the strategies of collective action must be matured .. Therefore, we are applying for funds for a second phase of the project (from January to June 1986) through which we plan to conduct a comprehensive survey of day care in Northwestern Ontario (requested by several communities) and organize a forum or forums in the spring to bring together day care parents, workers, local decision makers and interested citizens. In the second phase, our project worker wi I I also travel to other communities not previously visited. Please let us know if you would I ike her to visit your community. "TIME FOR CHANGE" - ONTARIO COALITION FOR BETTER DAY CARE, CONFERENCE AND LOBBY, OCTOBER 26-28 REGIONAL DAY CARE PROJECT During the past five months, the Regional Day Care Committee has, through a Secretary of State grant, carried out a project to analyze the situation of day care in NWO; to initiate a regional network of al I persons concerned with day care; to provide information from provincial and national day care organizations to NWO Groups; and to put forward a NWO perspective to governments and to provincial/national day care advocacy associations. Our part-time project worker has travel led to Kenora, Fort Frances, Ati kokan, Geraldton and Terrace Bay meeting with day care parents, workers and other interested citizens encouraging the development of active parent~' groups, and learning local issues and needs. There were three representatives from Thunder Bay among the 200 in attendance at the annual conference of the Ontario Coalition for Better Day Care. The theme of the conference - "Time for Change" - was appropriate on two fronts. The Coal it ion was reorganized and expanded to incorporate local coalitions and individuals, as wel I as provincial organizations. A Counci I made up of representatives from various provincial organizations, local groups and individuals wi I I meet three times each year, and an Executive elected from the Counci I wi I I meet a minimum of 10 times per year. Holly Rupert from Red Lake was elected as one of the four individual representatives, and the Thunder Bay . Advocates for Qua I ity Chi Id Care wi 11 be represented on the Coal it ion Counci I as wel I. The first meeting of the Counci I wi I I be he Id January 25th in Toronto. �In I ight of the new provincial government and our hopes for new directions, "Time for Change" was indeed an appropriate theme for the lobby which fol lowed the conference. The mood in the room throughout the three hour lobby was one of excitement and anticipation. Although the Superior Room at Queen's Park was fi I led to capacity (reportedly 300 people), the lobby was highly organized and profess i ona I. In fact, Bob Rae congratu I ated the Coalition for putting on "one of the best organized lobbies he had ever been at". Three Tories were in attendance forthe ful I hour al lotted to them. Although Phi I Gi I I ies (Brantford) attempted to articulate Tory pol icy in response to our questions, he did so with difficulty and embarrassment (his two col leagues were conspicuously silent). The eleven NOP members in attendance expressed agreement with the Coal it ion throughout questioning and agreed that day care should receive greater emphasis. ·The last but most eagerly anticipated caucus - the Liberals - had twenty members in attendance, inc I ud i ng John Sweeney, Minister of Community and Social Services, and Ian Scott, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Women's Issues. Sweeney reiterated at the outset his government's commitment to day care, assuring those present that day care is a high priority for the Peterson g?vernment. While acknowledging the problems that exist, little else was offered. Sweeney expressed concern that if they tried to renegotiate Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) financing for day care, the provincial government might have to renegotiate al I financing under the plan, including welfare. (CAP is the only federal-provincial program that is st i I I open-ended - that is, the federal government's contribution to it is I imited only by the amount the prov i nee spends.) The pol icy to withdraw the indirect subsidy is a result of CAP (welfare) funding for day care. Sweeney stated that withdrawal of the indirect subsidy wi I I take effect at the end of 1986, rather than 1985, as previously planned. When questioned about the possible closure of day care centres due to this pol icy, Sweeney indicated that he would deal with each situation on an individual basis. While the politicians were impressed by the lobby, it was evident that we must keep up the pressure on a I I fronts. Back to the Conference! Saturday was spent in large part at a series of informative workshops. One workshop, "Alternative Federal Funding Mechanisms", looked at the present system of funding and the alternative proposed by the Canadian Day Care Advocacy Association (copies avai I able from CDCAA, 323 Chapel Street, Ottawa K1N 7Z2). This proposal integrates principles, services and the role each level of government would play regarding funding, and would be extremely valuable to anyone preparing a submission on ch i Id ca re. Another related workshop, "Task Force Update" was orig i na I I y to have focused on the findings of the Day Care Task Force chaired by Dr. Katie Cooke and set up under the former Liberal government. However, as the final report was not yet avai Iable, the focus shifted to preparations for the next Task Force on Chi Id Care. It was emphasized that we should be ready for it when it came. We were encouraged to lobby to have hearings scheduled in more than one city in each province and, if unable to attend the hearings, to make written submissions both as groups and individuals. (Given that the establishment of the Par I iamentary Task Force on Child Care was forma I I y announced a month after the conference, this workshop was extremely helpful.) Those of us attending the conference and lobby came away energized and eager to continue our efforts to attain better day care. �INDIRECT SUBSIDY For NWO children to be provided qua I ity day care in 1986, the fees charged to parents must be affordable. Of course, day care must become a universal service but being realistic we know this is a long-term goal. Right now, we must ensure that we do not lose the day care centres we presently have in NWO. This means that the provincial government must be persuaded to continue the "indirect subsidy" to municipal day care and/or provide a direct grant to al I non-profit day care centres. In the past several years, because of the provincial directive regarding the elimination of indirect subsidy, day care fees in NWO have increased annually (or more often). And every time an increase occurs, a number of fami I ies find that they have to withdraw their children. The fees are just too high. In fact, because of the high fees, there are a number of NWO day care centres that today have unfi I led spaces! And many children who need day care are not served, but rather are placed in less expensive, unsupervised, unregulated arrangements, Because of short-sighted funding policies, young children are being denied the benefits of a qua I ity day care program. Unless provincial policies change, this situation wi I I only worsen. The current fees charged in NWO centres range from $13-18. Without the indirect subsidy the fees wi I I jump to $25-35 per day. Up to 75% of the municipal and nonprofit day care centres in NWO could be forced to close. Individually and collectively, NWO day care advocates have been raising the issue of indirect subsidy/direct grant with provincial politicians. This issue was an important feature of the Coal it ion lobby of al I provincial politicians. Members of the NWO Regional Day Care Committee have discussed this issue with the Hon. John Sweeney, Minister of Community and Social Services, and with the Hon. Ian Scott, Minister Responsible for Women's Issues. Thunder Bay Advocates for Qua I ity Chi Id Care have met with Jim Foulds, MPP - Port Arthur, and Marathon Day Care has communicated with Gi Iles Pouliot, MPP - Lake Nipigon. We al I must continue to impress on our political representatives the urgency of providing qua I ity, affordable day care. The effect of our lobbies has had only I imited results. At the Coal it ion lobby, the Hon. John Sweeney announced that the provincial pol icy re the elimination of indirect subsidy was postponed unti I December 31, 1986. PARLI.A.MENTARY TASK FORCE The federal government has just announced the establishment of the Par I iamentary Task Force on Chi Id Care. This Task Force is extremely important in that its work wil I point the direction for day care pol icy for the years ahead. In a sense, this Task Force is our last chance to influence the development of adequate day care pol icy. The Task Force intends to hold public consultations and we have written urging the Task Force to hold pub I ic hearings in Northwestern Ontario, and to provide travel subsidies for district travel to these hearings. We' 11 keep you posted. It is vital that submissions from individuals, as wel I as groups, be made. If you are concerned about the future of day care, please plan to make a statement to the Task Force (and please let us know of your wi I I i ngness to make a presentation). We have sent a package of resource materJal - background information, recommendations for federal action, Task Force terms of reference - to al I the day care centres in NWO. Contact the supervisor of the day care centre in your community for more information or write us at Box 144, Thunder Bay. OVER 50% OF MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 5 ARE IN THE PAID LABOUR FORCE. YET THERE IS A CHILDCARE SPACE FOR LESS THAN 1 IN 10 CHILDREN NEEDING ONE. �POST CARD CAMPAIGN The Sioux Lookout Parents Group are organizing a "Post Card Campaign" and are seeking the support of other day care centres and advocacy groups in making fhe campaign effective. The post card (the exact wording of which is st i I I to be f i na I i zed) would indicate support for provincially-funded day care and be signed by parents and other concerned citizens and sent to MPPs. If the politicians receive many post cards, an impact w i I I be made. Plan now to support this important project. Let the Sioux Lookout Parents Group know how many post cards you wi I I need, and whether or not you can share the cost of printing them. For more information, contact Janet Wilkinson, Sioux Lookout Parents Group, c/o Norah Love Children's Centre, Box 177, Sioux Lookout, Ontario. THE SCHOOL HOUSE PLAY CARE CENTRE OF LAKEHEAD The School House Play Centre opened its doors on September 3, 1985. Our centre is unique in that it is the first workplace day care centre in the Thunder Bay area. Although it was established to accommodate chi Idren of Lakehead Board of Education employees, space is also available for other children in the community. Our priority is qua I ity day care. The home-I ike atmosphere of the centre provides a welcoming environment to both children and adults, in which the individual chi Id's needs are met through a wide range of creative, stimulating and nurturing activities and programs. It is important to us that parents know their children are being we I I-cared for by qua I ified staff who truly enjoy working with the children. We hope that our centre is only the first of many workplace day care centres in Thunder Bay. Although enrollment continues to increase, spaces are sti II avai Iable. For further information, please feel free to contact Ke I I y Job I in at 344-8719. DAYCARE UPDATE: RED LAKE The Women's Information Group, an ad hoc group in Red Lake conc~rned with the broad spectrum of issues affecting women, targeted day care as one of the issues needing a higher profile during the November municipal election. The group produced a pamphlet, ~ith assistance from Secretary of State, which explained the funding crisis affecting day care services in our community. The pamphlets were distributed at two al I-candidates' meetings, at which specific questions about day care were put to the candidates. Before election day, Jennifer McKibbon, a candidate supportive of day care, and myself met with the workers at the Red Lake Day Care Centre. The workers have concerns about their ch ron i ca I I y Iow wages and a pay scale which does not fairly reflect employees' years of service at the centre. The workers are encouraged to know that as a member-at large of the Ontario Coal it ion for Better Day Care Counc i I I can take their concerns beyond the community to a supportive organization committed to improved child care services. In the new year, I plan to meet with the director of the Balmertown Day Care Centre. - Ho I I y Rupert CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE INCLUDE Ruth We I Is, Margaret Phi I I i ps, Ke I I y J ob I i n , J a net Wi I k i nson , Ho I I y Ru pert and Fiona Karlstedt. We hope you wi 11 consider contributing to the next issue. Day Care in the News: Red Lake, Dryden, Terrace B a y - - - - - ~ �THE TIMES-NEWS, Tuesday. July 30, 1985 Daycare - a definite need By~~~ TERRACE BAY- Day care In Ten-ON Bay. • ~~~ ....:..i-;ely ~ ~ Mafda,Y has ~111d• Project Mayday con- ducted• •f toO ,nkllnlaollbeCQlllfflWII• t=:. ~:-~:: ~£en:!..~.. TIie majority eonc1.IJ,elr children would ...,.,11 rrom some type of :=.:I=~ ro, chlldral. belon and pA!t·llllle daycare ~ full-tlmt oiler ICboal. =-r~..r ~ Ille)' bad ID Immediate _,i o1 tu11-ume c1aycare. WedllldaY, July 17; • meetlnl of tateretted parents wu held to 4iaCUSI 1111 ....ita of Ille WUCommit• carried oul IUImonth. tees were formed to in- ~=· I'/: :!'::.:="of dlnl for daycare. Day~care concerns v~ihceg_.AV(~t "2~.f:..!.in_g w,.t town council Uncertainty continues 'to be 1985 user fee portion increase in the caldi-word for the future. of. the daily fee from $10.50 to $15 the Dryden Day.Care Centre, per day and stat.es, "it appears with pending financial losses 'likely that further increaaea will cauaing continued concern. follow in 1986." At a special day-care infonnaIn 1984, Dryden consumers tion meeting in the Dryden paid $10.50 a day, with the remunicipal office SepL 23, 15 in- maining $14 CXIYel'ed 50 per cent tereated ciiliens heard Dryden by the federal government, 30 Mayor Tommy Jones aay that .per cent by .the proviru:e and 20 although counciJ will continue • per cent by tha municipality. malting representations to the This year, the per diem cost is Minister of Community and &. $22.80, with the maximum user cial Services in an endeavor to fee effective SepL 1, 1985 at $15. keep day-care centres from cl0&: The shortfall of $7.80 is covered ing, the Town of Dryden may in- as follows: $6.24 by the province aeaae its daily day-care rates in and $1.56 by the municipality. the 1986 bw:lgeL ~ t a who are fully subsiMayor Jones also said the , the rate is $1 per day, with town would review its current the ·remaining 80-20 split cosubsidy eligibility criteria. ven,d by the province and muniln January of this year, the cipality respectively. federal government announced it Children from the unorga~ atop ita day<are subsidy 'F:ed. ~~es who~ deemed startmg ·Jan.'!t:J.986, 'Mayor ubemgm need are·lt>O]lerc:eat. Jones eaid he recently learned funded by the province; and if not that date bas been 'changed to in need, the same 80-20 split ap, SepL 1, 1986. In response to the plies. federal cutbacks, the province in• Of the average of 32 children tends to only fund those day-care currently using the centre, 12 to clienta who qualify for full or par- 15 are non-residents. tia1 subsidies through a special Mayor Jones eaid, "We believe n-18 tesL day care is an asset to the Town Diane Conway, program 8\1• of _Dryden and the users . . . if pervisor with the miniatry in we could increase the numbers in Kenon., told parents at the meet,. day care, we could then decrease ing that t.be Liberal government the per diem rate." • is proceeding as originally planHe said there ~ no~ ellO\lgh ned with the eubsidy. cuts. She chitdren in need at the Dryden eaid she is trying to help centres centreandeaidtheneedaeligibil• find methoda of lowering the per ity criteria would be looked into diem rate. for parents to .avoid after Mr. Green .suggested-a reany future closwea. view. "TheminisuyhaamadeacomMa. Conway eaid if occupancy mitment to ensure no .day-care waa incniased to 90pei: cent, the centres close as a result of the per diem rate could be reduced. policy," aha aaid, adding mllllt The miniaby ia trying to.achieve middleclaaa parents with two aratenearS18forevsyday-care children would .qualify' for IOIR8 eiinb'e in the diatriet_ eubsidy. Coun. Susan Welle auggest.ed Calvin Green, a program eu- there could be room for a lot of perviaor with the mim.try in COllt reductions in meala and Th~Bay,aaidthefd!li~ ~ bu~ Paul Hea,n, chier time <to&ptember ifnqt ~ ~tant. am '70 ·per-emit ae waa allotted b y " 1 M ~ ~ $160,000~)Ciiit is ·mr ·becauseoftherecppiz.eddiflicuJ. stall; with food costs at less than ties, 10 per cent. A wrilten' brief dilmouted'by Mr: Heayn also said IIOme council at_the_meeting notes the (c-,,,,,,.,J . . -- - - - - "'Tbe greates& danger of 11111." said Ms. Smllll. "is :''i:at~:.:r. the likelihood that mlttee Mrs. Cuol Quesne11e will dlalr tlle- daycare wlll become lhettoized. Aller all, wby lWld r~commtttee. would a pareu~ who c,ould ..='1~\!.111~ who also attended the r.~-::u~ r.ie~..r~:: informed Ille nanny Instead? Thus IP""'P daycare wUI be 115ed only by Ille less af• c\~~ of such ser· nuent members of our •~Pl'sald that Ille ,oclety, such u single meetinll- ~:::::.= 11'."7'0: elded • JocaUGIL ... In spl.. ol Ille obllacles presented by 1overn• ment'1 tncWference, enlllusiam -•iled at Ille meetinl, ~"!"~~ ld!:"i:::!uJ:: ing of a concert and uk· Ing variolll commualty and national IP""'PI for financtaJ autstance were toued arouad amon1 worklnl -,,.,., " ohe U.O preaent. :;v.=i~p:;: 11.t\._ of 1h11 c,ould be I - for• daycare alte 111 llmdlllC.-...- Ille detertanUOII of Ille inch- llliDI existing standards of quallly In factllllel, sucb u ,_,,. :.'n1a"";'tc"=t ,ri;: llalanceofllletab. ~-=u"~ ~..:.i ~-~~- :.: -ydeara ID•111,LonaJac lbree ,..,... also service lllat Ille children Ml. Smftll •. . - - oul that - - ol tbll therefore Imperative wtlhdnnl of flmdlDI. tllecaolollllCboetvicel that"bDUI aovemmentJ to usera hu riJm to u and individuals reall<e much u S35 per day In 1111 Importance of making some clllea. Thi• Is affordable daycare beyond the rtnanclal available to au parents, reacll of DIOOI middle and reaardless of income low-income families. status or geographical iseu1eec[ In September, • a>m· mualty ineelln1 will be lleld at which Ume Ille committees' (lndlnp will bit dlsc:Ussed and further action taken. tColUinu,d fmm ptJK~ I) . further staff-child ratio reducoperational changes were made tion. since July of this year in an Fouowing a discussion of attempt to reduce per diem rosts. severaf measures suggested by They include only allowing chit• council and the ministry to tackle dren two servings at lunch, cur• the day-care fundlhg problems, tailment of staff snacking pri• Mayor Jones said, "Hopefully, vileges, including soup lihd sand- some of the things we've talked wiches once weekly on the menu about will have some effect." and advising staff thilt they will He also suggested that conhave to pay for their lwiches at cerned residents should write to some point in time. the minister. Coun. George Boisaonneault expressed concern that, "If you • . In an interview aft.er the meethave two or three kid& the cost is ing, Ms. Corner said'" she was pleased the government has exastronomical." tended the date of the subsidizaCoun. Cary Case suggested tion cuts to Sept. 1, 1986 and said that if the current· eight,.t.o-one the town definitely has to look at staJ17child ratio for 24 to five- the ceilings on the eligibility year-olds was reduced to 10 to· needs test. noting that none of one, cost savings would be more the three residents tested who substantial than through any she thought would qualify for food-oriented measures. subsidies met the necessary criteria. However, Heather Corner, bryden day-care suj,ervisor, Although licensed to serve 45 said, "There goes your quality children a day. the current aver• age 1s only 32 and Ms. Covner day care." adding that it would he ju~t on<" ~tf'p from there to a F-aici t hnt 1f C'ounril again in- creases the rates in 1986, more clients could be lost: She said the re-examinution of the needs test "might make a difference" but that while she hopes the government will revrr.;,, its decision, "I don't r<•allv think they will." • �Need for adequate day care is ·e1nphasized Before attending a conference sponsored by the Ontario Coalition for Beller Day Care, the major advocacy group for child care in the province, I hadn't recoj?nized the urgency or the day care issue. More mothers or young ,hildren now work for a wage or salary than stay home full-time, and their numbers are increasing. Al the same lime, ii is women who bear U1c primary responsibility for the care and upbringing or their children. These two facts mean there is .pressing social need ror adequate child care when parents are not available lo provide it. It's not only women with school-age children who have entered the labor force. The participation rate or women with children under six has increased by 271 percent in the past 15 years. A majority of women with children under three now have jobs outside the home as well, according lo the Canadian Day Care Advocacy Association <CDCAA), a non-profit, voluntary organization based in Ottawa. The royal commissio~ report by Judge Rosalie Abella, published last fall, observes U1al, "By Canadian law both parents have a duty to care for their children, but by custom this responsibility has consitenlly fallen to the mother." Studies cited in the report show that more than 90 percent of all day care arrangements are made by mothers. It is the inability to find suitable day care which makes it impossible for many women to seek paid employment. A Canadian labor force survey Speaking of Children By HOLLY IUPIII has shown that about 121,000 working mothers had lo leave or refuse a job in 1980 because of inadequate child care arrangements. To complete lhe statistical picture, approximately 2,000,000 Canadian children need some form of child care; more than half of those children are under six. Yet in 1983, there were Jess than 140,000 licensed day care spaces in the whole country. . The current day care system is, at best, a hodge podge of municipally-run and privale I] -. . .. ~ licensed centres. family di!)' care . <homes which care for up to five children), and informal care arrangements. Babysillers, relatives and lhc neighbor down lhe street make up the "informal" system, which provides care for about 85 per cent of children. Some of these arrangments are excellent; some are far from adequate. The concern with informal care, according to most day care advocates, is that it's not licensed and therefore not well regulated; THE REGIONAL, NOVEMBER 13, 1985 • In many ways that in turn, means quality care is difficult lo ensure. • Uay care services are not distributed evenly across the country. Parents in rural areas nia,· not have access lo licensed chiid care. a situation which is compounded by region_al disparities. According to lhe CUCAA, the number of spaces per 1,000 cluldrcn under six varies from a low of nine in Newfoundland to a high of 84 in Manitoba. The key limiting factor for most families is the prohibitive cost of day care. Typically, parents must pay $2.000-5,000 per year for a licensed day care space. For children under two years, the cost can be considerably higher, as much as Si ,000 per year. The current svstem of fundine e 0\ for day care involves all levels of government. As the most critical and complex area of the day care issue, I'll examine it separately in my next column. It is fair to say that day care is fast becoming.a commodity for the rich <who can afford full fees) and a welfare service for those with tow incomes <who are helped by a subsidy>; it's middleclass parents who are hurt. the most by the present day care systems. Day care critics cling to myth that children belong at home with their mother. But the reality or middle-class Canadian Ille in the '80s is that both &pOUSeS need to work. If one parent of those working couples stayed home, about half of those working couples stayed home, about half or those Canadian families would fall below the poverty line. The neglect of a comprehensive day care policy in Canada shows that as a society, we haven't sorted out our values with respect to children and parenting. As the CDCAA told the Abella commission, "How can we not afford to support the modern family in carrying out Its most fundamental role of all - child rearing? ... As a people, Canadians must respond." THE REGIONAL, DECEMBER 4, 1985 13 Quality day care more costly tha_n average family can afford l::d. Note: This column appeared in U1e Nov. Z'1 ls&ue of lhe Regional, bowevrr ,everal columns of type were in lhe wrong ord~r. II is being rerun here for claril,l'.. People concerned about child care services in Canada all agree on one point: high quality care costs more than most parents can reasonably afford to pay. Yet most parents can- not look to the government for financial assistance. Under the existing system, day care is considered a welfare service, which means subsidy is only available to those who earn very litUe income. Seventy-five million in federal dollars are spent each year on day care through the Canada Assistance Pian ICAP). • ' Under the plan, the federal government pays 50 percent of child care costs for families "in need", and the province either pays the rest or splits the rema i II de r with the municipality. The subsidy is adjusted according to how much help the family is judged lo need. The !lroblem with CAP is that ii helps only a small number of families. In Ontario, only 30 percent of children in licensed care receive a subsidy; the rest must pay full fees, according to the Ontario Coalition for Better Daycare, a Toronto-based· lobbying organization. . When CAP was introduced in 1966 to provide social assistance and welfare services for a selected segment of Canadians, ii was never intended to become the only federal funding scheme for child c;ire services. Yet thal is the situation which has evolved. Many families look to the child care lax deduction of up to t2.ooo per child allowed on federal income tax as a means of defraying the cost of child care. Although the federal government clrectively transfers about ~!05 million lo parents U1rough this deduction, about half of this benefit goes to families with incomes of $~5.000 or more. Middle income families are hurt the most by the existing systme. They are not helped by CAP or the tax exemption, runding schemes which do nothing to build a comprehensive day care system in Canada. As one veteran day care advocate said, . of sPeakmg . Ch .Id I re n 6'° tllo)U \ RUPERT ··IJ;,v cart' is subsidized by 1i1r J..!ople involved with ii. Either the children subsidize the ser\'icc by accepting low quality cart', or the parents subsidize the service . b) accepting low salaries." With no government fundmg flowing direclly to the centres, they remain fi1iancially fragile. If there is a drop in enrolment one month, a centre goes into debt, or raises its fees, which in turn can lead lo a further drop in enrolment. At the same time, under the current system, any increase in stair salaries can only be rcllecled in increascd fees to parents. Thedaycarefieldhas become a female )Ob ghetto wiLh chronically low wages. In Ontario, lhc a,·erage annual earnings for day care worker is $13,88~. and O\'cr GO percent leave their work after one to lhr~-e years, according lo research commissioned for the federal Task Force on Child Care. Advocacy groups like the Ontario coalition and the Canadian Day Care Advocacy Association ICDCAA l see direct funding as the only way lo build a day care system which truly meets lhe developmental needs of children. Direct funding would stabilize the funds needed to de\'elop high quality programs. It would allow children from a c r o s s I h e socioeconomic spectrum to have access to a range of child care services. Access to care would no longer by hmiled by a family's ability to pay or meet financial criteria. The CDCAA also l>Oints out that direct funding would allow those who provide child care lo earn adequate wages. There are concrete lunding proposals on the table. • The CDCAA has called for a federal childcare financing act to provide federal and provincial funding for day care on a nonrestrictive, universal basis. The act would include funding lo existing licensed spaces based on a formula of $5 per day to every licensed or supervised centre or caregiver for ever ap- pro\'ed space. As a short term measure, the grant would stabilize lhe existing day care system. bringing us a step closer to universal funding without increasing fees. As Judith Martin, founding chairperson of CDCAA said, "The neglect of a comprehensive family support and day care policy in Canada intrudes severely on the privacy or the family by limiting and shaping the choices parents can make. Why are working families expected to deal with child care as an individual problem?" More than a year aflec its election, the Mulroney ·government has not de\'oted a single new penny to day care. But as any parent in the system can tell you, the day care crisis in not going to go away. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Northwestern Ontario Day Care News, December 1985 Subject The topic of the resource Organizations Description An account of the resource Northwestern Ontario Day Care News December 1985. Includes information about the Regional Day Care Project; Time For Change Conference, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care; Indirect Subsidy; Parliamentary Task Force; Post Card Campaign; School House Play Care Centre of Lakehead and Red Lake Day Care Centre. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context nwodcn_85dec Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Canada - Ontario - Thunder Bay Canada - Ontario - Red Lake https://writingresources.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/98ca2b4d14ac40013cc574962f0ba0f8.pdf 6964e2e0c15f87bc96f5eac8fdb4fb1b PDF Text Text ·· Northvvestern Ontario Day Care FEBRUARY 1989 Nevvs NWO DAY CARE NEWS is a forum for the sharing of information between day care groups throughout the region, as well as providing information about what's happening on the federal and provincial scenes, both in terms of governmental policy/legislation and advocacy groups' activities. We hope that this newsletter will combat some of the isolation that day care workers and advocates feel and that through the sharing of resources, ideas and action plans, we can develop strategies to ensure the growth and strengthening of quality day care in our region. We welcome submissions to this newsletter from every day care centre and committee throughout Northwestern Ontario. Please send articles, news clippings, letters, etc. to Box 144, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 4VS FEDERAL CHILD CARE ACT Well, the federal election has come and gone and we are back at square zero with the federal child care plan, Thanks to concerted efforts of child care advocates from across Canada, and vigorous opposition from Liberal and New Democratic Party Members of Parliament, the Child Care Act (Bill C-144) was stalled and the Act died at the election call. Child care advocates breathed a sigh of relief. Our joy was short-lived however. With a majority government the Conservatives appear to be determined to reintroduce their regressive child care legislation. Consequently, our efforts to oppose this legislation must be renewed. It is perhaps useful to summarize the experience that occured with Bill C-144, and understand the process and ways we must intervene when the legislation is _stgain introduced. Following the report of the Special Committee on Child Ca~e (the year+ long, $million+ exercise) the federal government announced the National Strategy on Child Care. This "strategy" was immediately critized by the day care community (and others) and lobbying efforts, including the Picture Book Campaign were carried out. (It must be pointed out that the "National Strategy" was even more regressive than the Special Committee on Child Care's inadequate and regressive reco~mendations.) Totally ignoring the opinions of child care experts, the Conservative government transposed its str~ ategy paper into proposed legislation which went thro~gh the following process: (1) First Reading in the House of Commons; (2) Second Reading in the House of Commons; (3) referral to House of Commons Committee; (4) Committee hearings; (5) Committee report; (6) Third Reading in House of Commons; (7) legislation to the Senate; (8) Senate Committee hearings. At this point the election was called and the legislation died. Strong criticism of the legislation was made in the House of Commons by the opposition parties at every possible point in this process. Community opposition was voiced with interventions at the House of Commons Committee hearings and the Senate Committee hearings, and with on-going lobbying of Members of Parliament, media events and public education. CONTINUED ... �2 ♦ .., The Northwestern Ontario Regional Day Care Committee undertook: position paper responding to National Strategy participation in the Picture Book Campaign communication with all N.W.O MPs re Strategy meetings with Thunder Bay Atikokan & Thunder Bay-Nipigon MPs participation in CDCAA lobby telegram to Prime Minister Mulroney opposing legislation telephone calls/letters to NWO MPs urging opposition to legislation request to appear before the House of Commons Committee hearings (we were not chosen to appear) on-going communication with NWO MPs re opposition to legislation telegram urging Senate Comm. hearings request to appear at Senate Committee hearings (not chosen) on-going public education All this action was directed to the federal level, but we took action at the provincial level as well. We have sent telegrams and letters to the Hon. John Sweeney urging Ontario to reject the federal plan, and we have had on-going communication with NWO MPPs in this regard. Opposition to the federal child care plan continues to grow. The most recent critique comes from the government's own advisory group the National Council of Welfare ' (see separate article). Along with the C.D.C.A.A., every local and provincial day care advocacy group, ~omen's organizations, labour organizations, teachers federations, and many other national and local groups are strongly opposing the legislation. In face of this extensive opposition we must ponder why the government refuses to listen to the people most knowledgable and concerned about the issue. When questioned during the election TV leaders debate about why he did not liS t en to day care advocates P.M. Mulroney's response was "why should I ... " This arrogant response forewarns us of the difficult task we have before us. It seems likely that the Child Care Act (in identical or similar form) will be again introduced when Parliament resumes in February or March. It will be necessary to redouble our efforts to ensure this legislation is scraped or significantly amended. We must acquaint our new N.W.O. MPs with our position and encourage their opposition to the Bill. Please take every opportunity to talk to your MP about this urgent issue. . ... GOOD NEWS CHILDCARE The Tory way .. .No Way' The Northwestern Ontario Regional Day Care Committee finally has an office! And soon we will have a telephone and an answering service. We are (almost) settled in the . office space at 281 Bay Street. For the time being the office will be staffed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Our phone number will be 345-8803. �3 PROVINCIAL UPDATE Direct Operating Grant The direct operating grant has • been implemented. For some centres the direct grant flowed smoothly, quickly providing much needed wages increases for staff. In other instances the implementation was slow and laborious. In certain situations the employer utilized the "exception" clause, and the grant was not directed to wages and benefits. Information gathered by the Northwestern Ontario Regional Day Care Committee in the fall of 1988 (with app. 80% of NWO centres reporting) show the following breakdown: 72% of centres applied 100% of the direct grant to wages and benefits; 14% of centres applied a portion of the grant to wages; while 14% did not apply the grant to wages/benefits. Our observations are that the major problem concerning the implementation of the direct operating grant was created by the province allowing exceptions to the wages/benefits priority. Because certain day care organizations chose to not direct any of the grant to staff wages/benefits the wage disparity of Northwestern Ontario day care workers has widened significantly. Other problems mentioned were that information concerning the direct operating grant was not equitably provided to those impacted ~y the grant (i.e supervisors, workers, and, in some cases, unions. The interrelationship between the direct operating grant and pay equity also requires clarification. The Northwestern Ontario Regional Day Care Committee made recommendations to the Ministry through the Funding Advisory Committee, as follows: (1) That where significant wage disparities exist (based on regional norm and/or provincial standards) the Ministry instruct day care organizations to direct the 1989 direct operating grant to wages and benefits only. (2) That full information about the direct operating grant be given to day care supervisors, workers, and where applicable, unions. (3) That full information about pay equity provisions, and the implications of the direct operating grant on pay equity be provided to municipal day care supervisors, workers and unions. (4) That day care organizations be assured, in writing, by the Ministry that the direct operating grant will be on-going. * (5) That administrative procedures be simplified as much as possible. (6) That efforts be made by the Ministry to speed up the approval process. * This has been confirmed. A letter from the Hon. John Sweeney, Minister of Community & Social Services states (in part): "I would like to assure you that the existing direct grant program is open-ended, that the funding is ongoing and eligible for the annual economic adjustment that is provided for all base ministry programs." Income Testing 7he implementation of income testing has experienced several delays and is now planned for 1990. The Ministry is currently studying the impact of income testing. They hope to produce a discussion paper by summer 1989, with policy options. The N.W.O.R.D.C.C. will urge the province to consult with the day care community in this process. �4 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Corporation of the Town of Geraldton requires DAY CARE CENTRE TEACHER Qualifications: E.C.E. Diploma or equivalent education plus experience will be considered. Bilingualism, while not a required qualification, would be considered an asset. Qualified candidates should forward their application stating personal history, education and experience to: While the focus of this problem has been Metro Toronto with its ~ waiting list of 5000, the problem is relatively just as serious in many Northwestern Ontario communities. In Thunder Bay some 800 1000 families are waiting for a day care spa~e ... the municipal program alone has a waiting list exceeding 630. District centres are similarly strained with waiting lists of 40 in Geraldton, 50 in Fort Frances, and 60 in Dryden. It is projected that 75% of those on waiting lists would qualify for subsidy. The expansion of day care spaces in Northwestern Ontario, and the subsidy spaces allocated, are no where near meeting the demand. The province must be urged to address these pressing needs. FORUM 1989 Miss Diane Sarrazin Supervisor Geraldton Day Care Centre /La Garderie de Geraldton Box 70 Geraldton, Ontario POT lMO PROVINCIAL UPDATE Subsidy Spaces The most recent crisis in Ontario child care is the subsidy issue. Across the province waiting lists for new subsidized day care spaces exceed 7000. Despite this crying need the provincial government has announced that it would not pay for any more new subsidized spaces this budget year. Day care advocates are deeply concerned that the province will not adequately address this issue in the next budget year. Plan now to attend the 4th annual Regional Day Care Forum, which will be held in Thunder Bay (Ramada Inn) Friday, March 31st and Saturday, April 1st,- 1989. This FORUM is for day care parents, workers, administrators, ECE students, community activists -- for everyone concerned about the future of quality child care in Northwestern Ontario. Issues that will be addressed include: provincial policy issues - direct opeiating grant, income testing, transitional grants, subsidy spaces; new federal legislation; day care jurisdiction, and more. CONTINuEJ �. 5 •QOALITION REPORT by Anita Price At the December executive meeting of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care we discussed federal developments and where do we go from here. It was decided that the Coalition focus should be on th~ Provincial Government to not buy into the legislation. We must press the provincial government to have the FEDERAL - PROVINCIAL negotiations be more open. We, as a group, must focus on what the impacts will be if Bill C-144 is passed. A kit is being prepared that will include the Coalition's brief ' provincial and federal fact sheets, the political parties' positions, lobby instructions, press release, and other helpful documents. This lobby kit is to help people get the information in the ridings. Hopefully we can regionally plan and coordinate a date ... perhaps a week. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WELFARE REPORT The recent release of 'Child Care A Better Alternative', the report of the National Council of Welfare came as a pleasant surprise to day' care advocates. While many of the recommendations are those that day care advocates have been making for years, the source of the report is encouraging. The National Council of Welfare is a government appointed body, whose mandate is to advise the Minister of Health & Welfare on matters pertaining to welfare. Surely, one would hope, the government would listen to its own advisory group (???) Key criticisms advanced by the Council's study are (1) that the government's strategy was designed to limit federal spending on child care; (2) that the emphasis was on funding parents rather than creating needed child care spaces; (3) that the strategy would fund commercial profit making centres ; ( 4 ) that a~ i mp roved parental benefit policy was lacking from the plan; ( 5) that na tional standards were not spelled out. !!!!:!..!. llCEIISIII CllllD CME sPIIUS MD CHILDlllR Of - 1 • • SIIIIIIIC PMlns, 1•1 P•rclftti,. of th•..,. of llc.nsed Ch11d r.,,_ nvrtier of Chi ldtitft llf'd•r 13 111th Ptret1ts ~ Outstdetho- 18,595 43,1182 5,120 181,531 Zll,4S2 84,586 ,..... 10,516 M.011 58,425 4,503 5,397 1,264 1,318 240 415 16,916 166,151 419,355 44,041 48,298 !PIM. 241,545 llrtt.tstl Colrilt - AlHrt1 S11t1tchewl111 fllnttobe Dflt1rto hew lltvftlwlct ho'fl Scotti PrtM• £ctw.trd Island UW11fa.N11M tlol'tMlt Terrttorhtt 11,US Chlldrett Uflder lJ In lfc.lfflted Child Cue IOI 20 I 1• 12 12 ID II 1• )0,91J8 • ,.,n.11, 131 . FORUM 1989 (continued) Guest speakers, panels and a variety of interesting workshops will give everyone much food for thought. Guest speakers will include Kay Eastham, Director, Child Care Branch, Ministry of Community and Social Services, and representatives of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Canadian Day Care Advocacy Association. Detailed FORUM information including registration forms, subsidy information, etc. will be forwarded in a few weeks. One of the difficulties advocates have faced in the child care de~~ bate is overcoming public misconceptions about the reality of the government's funding plans. (To a taxpayer not conversant with the funding implications the announc~ment of $6~illion for child care services seems like a lot of money .... and why are we complaining?) CONTINUED �6 !!!:!..! - 'Child Care, A Better Alternati~e' provides an alternative that "puts .... all available resources into child care services and none into tax breaks". Their recommendations include: R11 QIILD 1-.1917 FISCAL T£M CME, Eioftt'ftlllftt ~ (niffiloi,I) CiMdl AHtstanc1 Pl111 Trttntnt Substcltn • Cl" on lndtan RHIM'H Chi lcl CIN hPIIIH 0NUCt1on . Sulttau1• $131 51 I ill. Slll ,erc,nt.age of Toul 207, 7 I il. sn Pf"O'ftnct1l :. Ttn"ttorhl Clftldl A11t1tuc1 P11n Othv o., Cue Sub11cl1H Child Clf"I lapen11 DNKU• -GUI Slll 207, 17 Ill ~ !!. Slit 47' IOOI IUTM. This study provides some useful documentation that can help clear up some misconceptions. For example , the report describes whatI • I is 'old' money and what is new money. (A fact the governmen conveniently forgets to mention in its propaganda.) 7 The study also graphically d:monstrates the fact that upper income families will benefit the most from the new tax provisions. Families with incomes of $100,000 will have tax savings of $3286, while those with $20,000 will benefit by only $400. Even under the current system 35% of government "child care" spending is on tax deduction that ~a~nly benefits higher income families. The Council, whose focus is poverty and social policy, clearly points out that the lack of d~y care spaces means that the maJority of low income families who would qualify for child care subsidy, in fact, do not receive.it, because there is no space available, On a national basis ~nly 15% of those eligible for :ither a full or partial subsidy in 1987 actually received assistance. I~ Ontario, the figure was only 10%, !.!!!!!.! -- The federal government should reverse its decision to supplement the refundable child tax credit as part of its child care strategy and should use the money instead to increase the supply of licensed child care spaces and to provide more subsidies for maintaining those spaces, The federal government should increase the amount of money available for capital grants to $1.5 billion over the next seven years. Ottawa should not impose any fixed ceilings on the amount of money it is willing to spend to help the provinces and territories cover the operating costs of child care programs. The principles of the new child care system should be spelled out in the Canada Child Care Act, much as the goals of medicare and the obligations of the provinces and territories are spelled out in the Canada Health Act. The federal government should include a "grandfather clause" in the Canada Child Care Act to allow operating grants to existing commercial centres, but no new ones. Alternatively, the government should require that all commercial centres convert to non-profit centres within a reasonable period of time if they wish to continue getting federal funding. A programme of parental benefits should be added to maternity benefits under unemployment insurance. Copies of this report may be obtained by writing to the National Council of Welfare, Brooke Claxton Building, Ottawa,KlA OK9. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Northwestern Ontario Day Care News, February 1989 Subject The topic of the resource Organizations Description An account of the resource Northwestern Ontario Day Care News February 1989. Includes information about the Federal Child Care Act and a summary of advocacy actions taken by the Northwestern Ontario Regional Day Care Committee; details of the new office; Direct Operating Grant; Income Testing; provincial Subsidy spaces; Regional Day Care Forum April 1st, 1989; report from the Coalition for Better Child Care; National Council of Welfare Report. 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