The Ontario government announced on Sunday that it will be opening select child care centres across the province to help frontline workers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The plan is to exempt certain centres from the order the provincial government gave to close all licensed child care centres under the state of emergency that Premier Doug Ford announced earlier in the week. “We need to help our nurses, doctors and frontline care workers to be able to focus on protecting the health and well-being of all Ontarians,” said Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott in a statement Sunday afternoon. “By allowing select child care centres to open their doors during these challenging times, our province’s courageous frontline