The Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE) welcomes this
opportunity to provide input to regulatory developments under the new Child Care and Early Years Act,
2014 (CCEYA). Specifically, we would like to urge the Government of Ontario to seize the opportunity
to promote healthier child care environments in Ontario by (1) promoting awareness among child care
professionals of simple and low-cost routine actions they can take to reduce children’s exposures to
toxicants and (2) putting in place specific requirements to target priority exposures, as outlined below.