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As the Ford government rolled out its recently announced Emergency Child Care for Critical Frontline Workers on Monday, staff at Emmanuel at Brighton Child Care in Waterloo staged a day of advocacy in protest of a perceived lack of support for childcare workers across the province. The scheduled walk off was accompanied by a virtual livestream through the centre’s Facebook page, with scheduled guest speakers including local dignitaries, centre management and parents of children that attend the childcare space.
Speaking on behalf of the workers at Emmanuel at Brighton was staff spokesperson Emilie Borghese, who said the decision to withdraw service and go without pay was not one that was taken lightly. Borghese called the lack of prioritization in the vaccine roll out for childhood educators and childcare staff “dangerous and negligent”, as staff work in close quarters with unmasked children on a regular basis. Advocating on behalf of all early childhood educators,