In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, we are relying upon ill-prepared faith and community organizations, staffed by volunteers, to do what the state should be doing to welcome and to accommodate vulnerable, displaced people who have arrived here, often by a perilous journey, to seek a safe haven and to start a new life.
A non-profit organization that operates child-care centres across Ontario is raising concerns about staffing shortages after one of their Toronto facilities was forced to suspend its infant program due to a lack of early childhood educators.