Government Childcare Rant

Something that came to mind over the childcare monies that are being promised by the Liberal Party of Canada. At what point do we just turn our kids over to the state for their development?

This is the direction that the childcare marketplace is going. It is nice to say that more daycare spaces and workers will result in lower rates for childcare. Supply and demand economics would indicate this.

What the government role in the childcare marketplace will do is put the independently operating daycares out of business. This will result in lower supply and more strain on the remaining facilities. Continual meddling will eventually push these independent operators completely out of the business or underground with lower standards. This serves no one. The only agency who will be able to compete and meet the government standards are the government sponsored facilities. I wonder what private daycare owners who operate with high ideals think of this.

From Canada.com the following:

Ontario's Children's Services Minister, Marie Bountrogianni, said the federal money would lead to a "massive expansion" of the province's existing 200,000 day-care spaces, and would help establish "one stop shopping" in schools where parents can take young children to be assessed for learning disabilities and vision or hearing problems.
"All of these services, including child care, will be available in community hubs, in schools, so it's easy for parents to take advantage of them," she said.

The link to the article is here.

Sounds like the government (at least in Ontario) intends to operate in competition with private childcare providers.