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Michelle Ferreri

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Peterborough—Kawartha
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $106,196.43

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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Ms. Michelle Ferreri (Peterborough—Kawartha, CPC)
  • May/31/23 8:06:41 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech; I work with her on HUMA, listening to witness testimony. One of those testimonies was from Jennifer Ratcliffe, the director at Pebble Lane Early Learning, who said: We are already finding that we are struggling to expand, and when opportunities arise, we have to turn them down. We are simply not able to move forward, because of the lack of funding. We've had to turn down thousands of spaces, me and other providers I know. We're just not in a position to accept them, because we can't access the new spaces funding and we are having to operate under the fee caps. At a time when the wait-lists are outrageous, and there are child care deserts across the country, what would my colleague say to Ms. Ratcliffe?
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Context: House Hansard - 203 - May/31/23
Ms. Michelle Ferreri
  • May/31/23 6:38:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-35 
Madam Speaker, I think the best answer is to, of course, listen to the people who are on the front lines. They are the ones who are sharing the truth here. Jennifer Ratcliffe, the director of Pebble Lane Early Learning, said: The pressure to implement this program so quickly has resulted in overpayments to providers, families double-dipping, and funding methods being overlapped. Parents are stressed and providers feel like they have no help. It is clear that the provinces are scrambling as they try to prove they can do this, but they are ultimately failing. You cannot simply throw money at a problem and expect it to change.
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