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Bill 25, Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission Act, 2021

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill enacts the Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory

Commission Act, 2021 . The Act establishes the Early Years and Child Care

Worker Advisory Commission, which shall develop recommendations on how to

support the early years and child care workforce and address staffing

shortages, including through increased wages and improved working conditions.

The Commission shall include its recommendations in an annual report made

available to the public and sent to the Minister of Education. The Minister

shall meet with the Commission to discuss its annual reports.

Bill 25 2021

Act respecting the establishment of an Early Years and Child Care Worker

Advisory Commission

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Early

Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission

(1) The

Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission is established.

Composition

(2) The

Commission shall be composed of members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in

Council from the following groups:

1. Members

of the early years and child care workforce.

2. Members

of provincial or regionally-based organizations and associations that represent

the early years and child care workforce.

3. Designates

from labour unions that represent the early years and child care workforce.

Same

(3) In

the appointment of persons to the Commission under subsection (2), the

Lieutenant Governor in Council shall ensure, to the extent possible, that the

Black community, Indigenous community and other racialized communities are

represented.

Functions

(4) The

Commission shall develop recommendations on how to support the early years and

child care workforce and address staffing shortages, including through

increased wages and improved working conditions.

Report

(5) The

Commission shall set out the recommendations referred to in subsection (4) in an

annual report that is,

(

a) published

on a website of the Government of Ontario; and

(

b) sent

to the Minister of Education.

Consultation

(6) The

Minister of Education shall meet with the Commission annually to discuss each

report by the Commission.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Early Years and Child

Care Worker Advisory Commission Act, 2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

October 21, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 21, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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