Toronto Day Nursery By-Laws

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This petition is to oppose the proposed new City of Toronto by-laws that would prevent any new daycares of more than 5 children (Day Nurseries) from being opened in single dwelling buildings in residential zoned areas. Toronto is already severely underserved by Day Nurseries and many parents are on long waiting lists with no guarantee of placement for their children. We need more childcare options in close proximity of our homes to encourage walking, biking and transit use, not additional restrictions in residential areas.

We the undersigned call on the City Councillors and Mayor to redraft the by-laws to encourage quality, regulated and inspected daycares within residential neighbourhoods.

114 Signatures

  • Pippa Van Dam
  • Alison Gibbins
  • Jason Van Dam
    • Comments
    • We need neighbourhood daycare urgently in Toronto
  • Irina Yu
  • Jori Bell
  • Yanina Kanevsky
  • Helen Schwalme
  • Gina Mulic
  • Iana Georgieva-Kaluba
  • Darian Slywka
  • Christina Braun
  • Denise Ing
    • Comments
    • Daycare has entered a crisis situation, we need to make it more available and accessible to all
  • Madeleine Cruickshank
    • Comments
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  • Maritess de Guzman
  • Elise Castledine
  • Joseph Lambert
  • Agata Urbanowicz
  • Carol Kang-McDonell
  • Jehan Paul-Chowdhury
    • Comments
    • NIMBYism by our own councillor. Shame!
  • Sam Sidey
  • Ania Lipskaya
  • Michelle Prior
  • Cecilia Loppe
  • Allard Vegter
    • Comments
    • Astonishingly poor judgement by our elected officials. Remember this when you vote!
  • Bob Leigh
    • Comments
    • Where else will the kids go?!
  • bo-hyun kim
  • Dave Cruickshank
  • Margot Gordon
  • Heidi McDonald
  • Heather Coombes
  • Vanessa Gilic
  • Saskia Vegter
    • Comments
    • It takes a community...
  • Sonja Erskine
  • Sylvie Normandeau
  • Rebecca Keenan
  • Mark Dallas
    • Comments
    • This is a ridiculous bylaw. Daycare spaces are scarce enough as it is.
  • Victoria Hagens
  • Rebecca Conolly
  • Sylvia Varga
  • Esther
  • Greg Hobbs
  • Jeanne Profenna
    • Comments
    • Our neighbourhoods are in dire need of more daycares! Please think of us!
  • Melissa Price-Mitchell
  • Michelle Sajadi
    • Comments
    • Please do everything you can to ensure that there are MORE safe, quality daycare spots, not fewer.
  • Santino Profenna
  • Jason Steinberg
  • Audrey Wubbenhorst
  • Kevin M. Brown
  • Karen Webster
    • Comments
    • No problem to get daycare in High Park area if you get on wait list BEFORE you're pregnant - seriously, 22 months wait listed and still had to commute with our son to a downtown daycare!!!
  • Julie Klein