The City of Toronto needs to address the child care shortage. The wait lists are growing and as residents of ward 12-St.Paul's, we feel the City needs to respond by enabling parents to have access to local, community based daycare.

Child care located within neighbourhoods are a viable and desirable solution to the shortage we are facing. Child care in neighbourhoods make our communities vibrant, integrated, and interdependent, offering parents a much needed service close to home. We implore the City of Toronto staff to take serious care in the development of local and safe environments for our children to grow in and start addressing this shortage by taking action now.