Workers demand new Houston government to prioritize child care in Nova Scotia

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Following the recent provincial election, child care workers in Nova Scotia are demanding action from the newly elected government to improve child care infrastructure in the province. 

“This is an opportunity for our elected representatives to show us whether or not they value child care,” said Margot Nickerson, president of CUPE 4745, representing early childhood educators across the Halifax Regional Municipality. “The province needs to view investment in child care workers as an investment in Nova Scotia. We need to see more support in the classroom, more staff in child care centres, and we need to see more child care made more affordable.”

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