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I am really concerned about the proposed changes to Childcare and Early Years Act.
Already, I was worried about the safety of children in unlicensed daycares, based on stories of children dying in such facilities. (e.g "The death of Eva Raikovich, the child who changed provincial daycare laws, in Vaughan; "Baby dies in unlicensed daycare in Markham"; "Ontario woman who ran unlicensed daycare sentenced to 6 years in baby’s death" in Mississauga).

To increase the number of children allowed in unlicensed home daycares will only increase the risk of injury and death.
How could it possibly make things safer?

"Working poor" parents need more affordable childcare, this is true. But making it cheaper by increasing the risk of losing one's child is unconscionable. What if it were your child or grandchild who died?