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Everett Smith was just three weeks shy of his second birthday when he died in late June 2022 in the back seat of a car in Bancroft, Ont., after a family emergency changed his family's morning routine and his mom didn't realize he hadn't been dropped off at his daycare when she headed into work.
As of Jan. 1, licensed home daycares and child-care centres will need to develop a policy setting out the steps they will take when a child doesn't arrive as expected.
Safe arrival systems have long been in place in schools.
New rules for Ontario child-care operators coming into effect next year are aimed at preventing the deaths of children in hot cars.
New rules are coming into effect January 1st for Ontario child-care operators aimed at preventing the horrific...