Expectant and Parental Leave Parents

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I am [expecting a child / on parental leave] in Ontario, and I need licensed child care. I am asking you to back the ACE National 10-point framework, because the agreement that decides whether my child care exists, and what it costs, will be negotiated before I need it.

[Please share how this issue affects your family]

Right now I cannot plan. Fees are held only until December 31, 2026, and the agreement behind them ends March 31, 2027. Infant and toddler spaces are the scarcest and most expensive to run. I am expected to set a return-to-work date, a budget, and a career plan without knowing whether a space will exist or what it will cost.

The ACE framework gives families like mine something to plan around.

Tiered affordability puts every enrolled space under a predictable, inflation-indexed fee cap, and targets a limited number of $10/day spaces to children under three: exactly the age my child will be when I go back to work.

The capital protection framework funds emergency repairs, so a failed roof or furnace does not shut the centre I am counting on.

A funded non-RECE wage floor keeps infant and toddler rooms staffed. Those rooms need the most educators per child and cannot legally operate below required ratios.

The $10/day spaces would be limited. I accept that. What I cannot plan around is a system with no price and no guarantee it will still be standing.

I am asking for two things. First, please speak with the Minister and ask for him to commit to the ACE framework as the starting point for the next long-term agreement. Second, publish post-2026 fees and an infant and toddler space plan before families like mine have to set return-to-work dates.

My leave has an end date.

Sincerely,

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