Submission #2328

I used to work in a Early Learning Centre as a support staff and there was not one day that went by that I wasn’t needed in the classroom to maintain SAFE standards, provide support to the staff or children in our care. This role is critical and this funding is critical to the proper care and flow of a centre. I do not think you understand how deeply this will impact directors, supervisors, ECE’s & staff who are already stretched thin enough.
If anything the funding for this needs to be upped… not cut.
You do not realize the detrimental effects this will have, so if children can’t go to daycare because of cuts, in turn parents can’t go to work, houses are lost, jobs are lost and so on.
I beg you to reconsider this decision. This province has hardly anything for children and teens to do, let’s not cut more support and people that love and want the best for them out of their lives as well.
-A saddened and disappointed former Daycare Support Staff