We need high quality care environments,” said Richardson, 32, whose son Kai, 2, attends a non-profit daycare in the Toronto’s east end. But Richardson and other daycare advocates are worried about so-called “big box” child care and corporate chains swooping in and taking over. BrightPath, Canada’s first publicly-traded child-care company, bought 20 Peekaboo Child Care centres in Halton and Peel regions on Sept. 9. Mary Ann Curran, CEO for BrightPath, says she hasn’t seen data that shows non-profit centres are always better than commercial operators. Most municipalities, which oversee child-care funding for the province, send operating grants and fee subsidies to both profit and non-profit centres.

Source: thestar September 23, 2016 15:11 UTC