She was later licensed for an after-school program and a preschool program too. In June 2016, McCormack had two employees - Ashley Boudreau and Jessica Grant (we heard from both yesterday).

McCormack says she got a letter from the Department of Social Development in June 2016, saying she was under investigation. She was then called to a meeting by Joanne Voye Page, her coordinator with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

McCormack says she wasn’t contacted about the complaint again until July 22, 2016, when she was arrested by police. She says she was advised she was being arrested for “child abuse.”

Kalinowski is asking about the lunchtime routine at Lunch & Learn. McCormack says there were five to seven kids eating lunch there each day, depending on the day. About half could eat on their own without help.

McCormack says she couldn’t leave children with food in their mouths. “I would do what I needed to make sure there was no food in their mouths.” She says safety was “number one” while doing this.

McCormack talks about how children could choke if they fell asleep with food in their mouths, which is why she had to make sure they swallowed everything.

Kalinowski asks McCormack when, if ever, an infant ever vomited while she was feeding them. She only remembers one instance, when a child was outside and just getting over the flu.

She questions whether putting a spoon of food in an infant’s face is force feeding. “I think that’s really hard to answer George.” McCormack says she doesn’t think she has ever force fed a child.

McCormack says she wanted to encourage the girl to be independent and crawl up the stairs. She says she positioned herself behind the girl and was helping her crawl. On the top step, McCormack says the girl’s arms collapsed as she was crawling and she bumped her face on the step.

Kalinowski asks about another incident where a different child was injured. McCormack says the children were playing on a trail and the boy tripped and went headfirst into a rock. There was blood.

Kalinowski asks if McCormack ever physically threw a child at the daycare. “Never.”

Defense has finished questioning McCormack. Crown prosecutor Claude Hache will now have a chance to cross-examine her.

“I think you’re only picking out part of what I said,” McCormack says to Hache.

“Is it possible for a child to not be hungry at lunch?” Haché asks. “No,” McCormack says. She says she’s never had a child go to bed at the daycare hungry unless they were sick with a cold or flu.

McCormack seems to be getting frustrated with the prosecutor’s questioning. “You’re not asking me questions.” The judge tells the prosecutor to keep going.

The Crown prosecutor is asking about the child who was allegedly “thrown” up the stairs. (McCormack has denied throwing her, saying she bumped her head while crawling.) He asks why she didn’t file an incident report or call her parents right away.

Prosecutor says what McCormack was doing was force-feeding the children. McCormack shakes her head. He says she was aggressive and grabbing their faces. She denies any of that happened.

The Crown is finished its cross-examination of McCormack. We’ll hear closing arguments after lunch.

He says the Crown didn’t call any parents who said their children came home with unexplained bruises or vomit on them.

(Boudreau said she worried McCormack might somehow interfere with her EI as she went out on maternity leave if she told anyone what she saw.)

He says the Crown is missing independent corroboration of their evidence.

Crown prosecutor Claude Haché is giving his closing arguments now. He says courts across the country have indicated that force feeding can be assault. “Normally, the end is much graver than what happened here.”

Haché references McCormack’s testimony, saying she never had a child who wasn’t hungry at lunch or a child who was difficult/had a meltdown at lunch. Says it’s “ludicrous.”

Haché is going over the eight counts. He says one hasn’t been proven by the Crown beyond a reasonable doubt because it fell out of the time range. McCormack is declared not guilty on that count. There are seven remaining charges.

The Crown wraps up his closing arguments, asking for McCormack to be found guilty on seven charges. The judge reserves his decision until July 5 at 11 a.m.