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COVID-19: MLHU expanding vaccination to eligible child-care workers

COVID-19 vaccine appointment in the London, Ont., region.The Middlesex-London Health Unit announced Wednesday that it is expanding vaccine eligibility at the direction of the province and following the latest weekly update from the regional vaccine prioritization committee. COVID-19 — After recent hints, Ontario government set to make announcement on paid sick days More specifically, eligible child-care workers include:Appointments can be booked starting at 8 a.m.

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Life after the pandemic: What advocates say women need to regain lost ground

a pandemic that has disproportionately affected women’s livelihoods and pocketbooks — experts say the government must consider the unique realities women face as it begins to look towards economic recovery.“It’s been very, very difficult for women, and women have been disadvantaged,” said Clare Beckton, former deputy head of Status of Women Canada, in an interview with Global News.“More women have lost their jobs than men, because a lot of women were in lower-paying jobs and many of them (were) in the hospitality industry or in tourism, where many of the jobs have been lost.” Coronavirus: Research indicates women in the workforce hit hard by COVID-19 Women have assumed much of the additional childcare that came along with having kids home

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Ontario shutdown could create child care challenges to start 2021 in London, Ont.

coronavirus shutdown announcement.On Monday, Premier Doug Ford announced a province-wide shutdown will begin on Dec. 26 and last for four weeks in southern areas of the province and two weeks in northern areas.

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Dept seeks return of overpayments to childcare providers

Some childcare providers may be put out of business after Christmas because the Department of Children and Youth Affairs has sought immediate recoupment of overpayments from early years' providers, according to the small firms group ISME.

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Coronavirus: Durham child care centres open to full capacity

coronavirus pandemic, staff are taking extra precautions as they adapt to having more children in each room.As kids naturally want to be close and play with one another, staff admit it will be a difficult task to keep them apart. However, Durham’s Children Services director Lisa McIntosh says she’s confident the new regulations in place will ensure children go home safely to their parents.

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After-school programs an ‘afterthought’ in COVID-19 guidelines, advocates say

school programs are being neglected, according to advocates. They believe it’s a blind spot that could increase the COVID-19 risk among elementary students, in particular.“Even if the kids in a before-and-after school program are all from one school, they’re still funnelling in from different cohorts,” said Martha Friendly, a long-time child care advocate and founder of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit.“It’s inescapable.” After-school care an extra worry for B.C.

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Additional funding ‘welcome news’ for Manitoba child care providers, vacancies still a worry: MCCA

Manitoba Child Care Association (MCCA), but she worries more is needed as childcare centres deal with increased vacancies during COVID-19.On Monday the federal and provincial government announced more than $15 million in additional funding through their Canada-Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.The money is for early learning and child care investments this year and in 2021, and will also be used to create a one-time, $1.5-million response grant for facilities that reopened during the pandemic, the two levels of government said.

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls for $12B more in child-care funding

Jagmeet Singh is calling on Ottawa to provide the provinces with billions in funding for child care — a demand that could help determine whether the minority Liberal government survives.With the support of the Liberals, the NDP passed a motion this week calling on the federal government to immediately transfer $2 billion to the provinces for child care.Singh is now upping the ante, calling for another $10 billion over the next four years.Singh says $2 billion is needed this year just to ensure there are enough child-care spaces available to allow parents — particularly mothers — to go back to work now that restrictions to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic are being relaxed.

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Childcare providers seek Govt support to stay open

Concerns have been raised by childcare providers as the majority of businesses say that they will not be able to remain open without Government support.

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Fears as 40% of crèches may not reopen due to pandemic

Almost 40% of crèches or childcare settings may not reopen their doors in September, the Tánaiste has suggested to the Dáil.

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Crèche owners to warn committee of reduced capacity

Crèche operators will today warn that they may have to reduce capacity in some facilities because new staff will not be covered by the State's Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS).

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Daycares are opening across the country, but can they really operate safely?

The reopening of daycare centres in regions across the country has brought a host of new rules and guidelines as the coronavirus pandemic continues.Ontario is the latest province to allow all licenced daycare centres to open, starting June 12. Daycares were allowed to open in Quebec on May 11, except for Montreal. The province’s largest city opened its daycares on June 1, having been initially excluded due to the amount of COVID-19 cases coming out of the region.

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Child care is back, but do working parents have to send their kids?

“Up until now, all a parent had to do was simply utter the word ‘childcare,’ and they could stay on leave,” says Lior Samfiru, an employment lawyer in Ontario and British Columbia.With schools and child-care centres shuttered except for essential workers, employers had to make accommodations or allow employees caring for their children to be off work “no questions asked,” says Samfiru.There was also a straightforward case to claim the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), as the $2,000-a-month emergency federal benefit was clearly intended for parents who had to stop working due to a lack of child care options amid COVID-19, according to Samfiru.The reopening of schools and child-care centres, however, complicates things.With Ontario

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Childcare provider says substantial financial support needed for reopening

A childcare provider, who operates 13 facilities in Ireland, has said that "without substantial financial support" they will not be able to reopen.

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Childcare providers express concern for future

Many creches and childcare facilities will go out of business or choose not to reopen unless the Government agrees a package of financial supports, according to a body representing private sector childcare providers.

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Critics say Nova Scotia economic recovery plan hurtful to parents and women

Nova Scotia businesses shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic can begin reopening on June 5, but that’s 10 full days before the province will allow licensed child-care centres to open and that has some calling the reopening plan backward.

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Soothers and blankets face ban in reopened creches

Childcare centres could be forced to reduce the number of items brought in by children to prevent Covid-19 infection when they reopen, according to a representative body for childcare providers.

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Childcare providers seek government directive before reopening

Childcare providers have said they need clarity on how they can reopen in phase 3 of the national reopening roadmap, due to start on 29 June.

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Welcome to the ‘she-session.’ Why this recession is different

In 2009 Trish Hennessy and Armine Yalnizyan coined the term “he-cession” in Canada. Men were clearly bearing the brunt of the recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis, they noted in a paper for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

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Many essential workers struggling to pay for childcare - ESRI

Facilitating adequate childcare for essential employees is critical to ensure that Ireland can continue to respond to the Covid-19 crisis, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute.

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Questions remain on child care as Manitoba unveils plans to reopen economy

Manitoba health officials unveiled details of their plan to ease the restrictions imposed during COVID-19 Wednesday, but details on what’s coming for child-care centres remain vague.

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HSE: No special paid leave for staff with childcare issues

The Health Service Executive has confirmed that frontline healthcare workers who cannot attend work due to childcare difficulties will be paid to stay at home, on the basis that they remain available for work from home in other roles.

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Healthcare workers who cannot find childcare to be paid to stay at home

Healthcare workers who cannot find childcare will be allowed to stay home to mind their children and be paid, unions have been told.

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Childcare workers could go unpaid due to wage scheme delays

Up to a third of workers in childcare settings could go unpaid over Easter due to delays in establishing a wage subsidy scheme for the sector, the organisation representing those working in it has warned

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B.C. to match essential workers to childcare spots amid COVID-19

It’s a matchmaking service built for a crisis.

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Coronavirus: Toronto to open 4 child-care centres for essential service workers

The City of Toronto is set to open four child-care centres dedicated exclusively to essential service workers amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Vancouver offers emergency childcare referrals to essential COVID-19 workers

The City of Vancouver has set up a referral system to link essential workers with licensed childcare providers during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Childcare sector in 'serious trouble' - survey

The childcare sector is in serious trouble according to a Federation Early Childhood Providers survey.

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‘Extortion and a bribe:’ Manitoba daycare centres react to coronavirus plan

Some Manitoba daycare workers say they’re furious at the government’s plan to address child care needs during the novel coronavirus pandemic, announced Friday.

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N.B. working to get children of essential services workers in daycare during state of emergency

More than 1,100 New Brunswick families are looking for childcare spaces during the provincial state of emergency, officials say.

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Coronavirus: Child-care options for essential workers in Saskatchewan

Child-care centres are being prepared to help emergency and coronavirus pandemic response workers.

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Coronavirus: Childcare providers asks government to close all related programs in Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Early Childhood Association (SECA) is asking the Government of Saskatchewan to shut down all childcare programs to help eliminate the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba government working on plan for childcare during pandemic

The Manitoba government says it will answer some of the questions surrounding the closure of licensed daycares, and the home daycares that are to remain open, by the end of the week.

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