Private child-care facilities to launch rolling closures to protest Ontario funding formula

Owners of private child-care facilities across the country will be launching a week of rolling closings as part of a campaign to protest against what they say is an unfair funding formula in Ontario under the federal $10-a-day program.Private operators in at least five other provinces – Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia – will be joining those in Ontario in the campaign that begins on Monday. They are focusing on Ontario’s formula because they are concerned that something like it will be adopted in their provinces.“By Friday, we hope to see Ontario say they’re just going to pause this and actually take some time to listen to stakeholders and child-care operators on the ground and parents,” said Krystal Churcher, a spokesperson for the Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs National Committee on Childcare Reform.