Bill 25 explained in plain English
Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission Act, 2021
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission Act, 2021 establishes a commission to advise on supporting the early years and child care workforce and addressing staffing shortages.
This bill establishes the Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission. The Commission is tasked with developing recommendations to support the early years and child care workforce and address staffing shortages, including suggestions for better wages and working conditions. The Commission must produce an annual report with its recommendations, which will be made public and sent to the Minister of Education. The Minister of Education is required to meet with the Commission annually to discuss these reports. The Act comes into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Establishes the Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission.
- Specifies the composition of the Commission, requiring members to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council from the early years and child care workforce, representatives of organizations and associations for this workforce, and designees from labour unions representing this workforce.
- Requires the Lieutenant Governor in Council to ensure, where possible, representation from the Black community, Indigenous community, and other racialized communities when appointing Commission members.
- Mandates the Commission to develop recommendations on supporting the early years and child care workforce and addressing staffing shortages, including through increased wages and improved working conditions.
- Requires the Commission to publish an annual report of its recommendations on a government website and send it to the Minister of Education.
- Requires the Minister of Education to meet with the Commission annually to discuss its reports.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Early years and child care workforce
- Provincial or regionally-based organizations and associations that represent the early years and child care workforce
- Labour unions that represent the early years and child care workforce
- Minister of Education
- Lieutenant Governor in Council
- The Black community, Indigenous community and other racialized communities (in terms of representation on the Commission)
- The Commission has a duty to develop recommendations to support the early years and child care workforce and address staffing shortages.
- The Commission has a duty to publish an annual report with its recommendations and send it to the Minister of Education.
- The Minister of Education has a duty to meet with the Commission annually to discuss its reports.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The extent to which the Black community, Indigenous community, and other racialized communities are represented on the Commission is dependent on the discretion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, as the Act states 'to the extent possible'.
This Act establishes the Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission.
Source: Section 1 (1)
This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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