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RSS FeedsDaycare fees for some GTA families have spiked as much as 24% as the minimum wage kicks in
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

14 january 2018 16:03:24

 
Daycare fees for some GTA families have spiked as much as 24% as the minimum wage kicks in
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


Some Toronto-area parents, whose child care costs are already the highest in the country, say their fees have jumped by as much as 24 per cent this month in the wake of Ontario’s new $14 minimum wage.And this is despite a $12.7-million provincial fund, announced in November, to help daycares weather the wage increase and shield parents from fee hikes.In Barrie, Taryn Aitken has been hit with a $368 increase this month for her two youngest children, ages 1 and 3, who attend a privately run centre near her home.The 18-per-cent fee hike means she and her husband, both public servants who work in Toronto, are forking out an average of more than $2,426 a month for daycare. Mercifully, their 13-year-old daughter no longer needs care, Aitken said.“Child care is a luxury for the upper class who can afford it,” she said. “Lower income families are subsidized, but where are we left in all of this?”Aitken said she is tired of Band-Aid solutions from politicians.“The conversation should be universal child care . . . and it’s not just because I have children in child care,” she said. Aitken is not alone in feeling the pain of fee hikes. Parents from across the Toronto area have contacted the Star to say their daycare fees have spiked to cover the minimum wage increase, despite the province’s child care fee-stabilization fund.Scott and Christina Davis, whose 3-year-old son, Sam, attends a private daycare in Brampton, say when they contacted the centre hoping to get their 6-per-cent fee increase reversed, they were rebuffed.The daycare said it had no information about the new provincial funding and that if a “reassessment of fees” was necessary, parents would be notified. In the meantime, First Friends Preschool and Daycare told the couple the centre is increasing fees to reflect a variety of rising costs, including rent, food, gas and hydro.“Unfortunately, the increase to minimum wage is only a small port ...


 
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