Winnipeg Free Press: Minister ‘open to transparency’ but child-care inspection reports to remain unpublicized

Martha Friendly, executive director of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, based in Toronto, acknowledged Manitoba has higher ratio requirements than other provinces, making it easier to fill positions elsewhere. But Friendly added provinces across the country are “not aiming very high.”

“Comparing ECE requirements for staff anywhere in Canada with international standards, Canada is quite low,” she said.

Susan Prentice, a sociology professor at the University of Manitoba who specializes in child-care policy, agrees.

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