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House Hansard - 150

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 31, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Jan/31/23 11:35:50 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Mr. Speaker, I agree with the member for Repentigny that this bill is really important. I would like her to speak more about the need to invest in the workforce. I spoke with people at the Three Rivers YMCA in my community, and one of their concerns is that it is difficult to hire and retain early childhood educators. That is understandable, because the federal government, along with the Province of Ontario, has set a fairly low wage floor of $18 an hour. As the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario likes to say, without child care workers, there is no child care. It is seeking a salary scale starting at $25 an hour. Could the member for Repentigny give the federal government some advice on how to fix this problem?
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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Jan/31/23 3:24:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Mr. Speaker, I want to start by agreeing with the member for Kingston and the Islands that this bill is incredibly important and it will benefit parents in my community, just as it will for those in his. That being said, I do want him to know that child care providers in my community, such as those at the YMCA of Three Rivers, are concerned about hiring and retaining talented early childhood educators. As I am sure he knows, the federal government's deal with the Province of Ontario only provides a wage floor of $18 an hour, at a time when the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario is calling for one of at least $25 an hour. This is at a time when we need almost 15,000 new childhood educators in Ontario alone by 2025. Could he talk about measures that could be put in the legislation, or other actions he and the governing party could take to address this significant gap?
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