Update:
The province is expanding emergency child care for frontline workers to include people who work in the food supply chain, retirement homes, grocery stores and pharmacies, and certain federal employees, including the military.
According to a new release from the Ontario government, additional frontline workers who can access emergency childcare services include:
- Workers in grocery stores and pharmacies
- Truck drivers (driver's licence Class A and Class D)
- Workers in the food supply chain, including food processing
- Workers in retirement homes
- Auxiliary workers in health care settings, including cooks and cleaning staff in hospitals and long-term care homes
- Interpreters and intervenors who support people who are deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) emergency personnel
- Provincial officers and onsite staff in Ontario courts
- Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence staff working in Ontario
- Additional workers supporting public safety and correctional services
More information on emergency child care for frontline workers can be found here.
Original story:
Premier Doug Ford holds a press conference today at 1 p.m. from Queen's Park in Toronto.
He will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education to make the announcement.
The press conference will be streamed live on Ford's YouTube channel, and Village Media will carry the livestream feed.
