US EditionOntario falling short of child-care fee, space creation, staffing goals: auditor
Ontario may miss targets for creating child-care spaces, reducing fees to $10 a day, and cutting emissions, with only 75% of interim child-care space goals met by end of 2024.
- On Wednesday, Auditor General Shelley Spence released four special reports examining Ontario's programs, including the national $10-a-day child-care plan.
- By December 2024 the province had reached just 75 per cent of its interim goal, adding 36,287 new spaces toward 86,000 new spaces agreed by Ontario provincial government.
- While fees at participating centres are capped at $22 per day, the auditor says reaching a $10 average requires over 57,000 children receiving full fee subsidy costing $179,000,000.
- Audit warns Ontario may need an additional 10,000 registered early childhood educators by December 2026, as 59.5 per cent of full-time program staff remain below the target of at least 60 per cent.
- The audit also examined the $2 billion Skills Development Fund's training stream, and Auditor General Shelley Spence found Ontario is likely to miss its 2030 emissions target by 3.5 megatonnes.
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