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Family of Liam Riazati Demands Safety Reforms at Memorial After Richmond Hill Daycare Crash

The province has proposed restricting parking beside child-care classrooms, signaling forthcoming legislative changes.

Overview

  • Mourners gathered Sunday in Richmond Hill to remember 17-month-old Liam Riazati, who died when a vehicle crashed into the First Roots daycare last week.
  • His family called for a transparent investigation, accountability and stronger child-care safety rules, including physical barriers outside centres and changes for sites in commercial plazas with large glass fronts.
  • Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra said he will move to block parking immediately beside daycare entryways, windows and exterior walls, with home-based care exempt.
  • The ministry has begun identifying site vulnerabilities and is reviewing rules so centres can add bollards or higher curbs ahead of proposed legislation.
  • York Regional Police charged a man in his 70s with dangerous operation causing death and two counts causing bodily harm; seven children and three adults were injured, and the accused is out on bail.