Meanwhile, the waiting list for social housing in the city of Toronto stands at an astonishing 70, and many TCH tenants already find it impossible to obtain transfers, especially to larger family-sized units. The failure to allocate money for childcare in the March 26 Ontario provincial budget will have a grave impact on single mothers and working class families in Toronto.
The onset of job losses and a looming depression has created a situation where adults will be returning to school for retraining, signalling a need to increase the amount of subsidized childcare spaces. As a poverty reduction strategy, childcare and early childhood education is an investment that governments cannot afford to ignore. Currently, children who are waitlisted for subsidy spaces number more than 14, With numbers this high, the Ontario provincial government is gambling with the well-being of families by foreshadowing cuts rather than growth for the subsidy program.
The McGuinty-led govern-. Some 6, childcare spaces, currently in use, are slated to be permanently cut in Toronto, as well as 16, more spaces across the province.
Most affected are families in lowincome neighbourhoods whose centres have more subsidized spaces. This policy penalizes subsidized families, even for keeping their children out when they show symptoms of illness, allowing only 2 sick days per month even for infants and a measly one-week vacation over the entire year. Failure to meet the requirements of this Absentee Policy means parents lose subsidized spaces for ALL of. For the majority of the students at Weston, this petition is allowing us to voice our concerns about having a cop in our school.
There was a lack of community consultation in bringing this cop here in the first place. The Toronto Police. Services initiated and funds this program and the Toronto District School Board approved it at an executive level. The feelings among most of the students at Weston C. The students cannot identify with an individual who wears a massive bullet proof vest and carries a loaded gun and taser, which is quite intimidating particularly for people coming from T.
