Management and unionized staff at children's aid societies and children's mental health agencies said in a statement Tuesday that they’ll “mark National Child Day this Friday, November 20, by wearing blue ribbons and distributing message bookmarks to the public warning that children are in danger if the government does not act soon.”

Three unions (CUPE, CEP and OPSEU) and two major children’s associations (Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies and Children’s Mental Health Ontario) have joined forces, calling on the government “to stop the denial, admit there is a crisis and agree to fix it.”