Mandryk: Sask. government hurting kids already hurting by balking at $10-a-day child care [1]
Child care workers and parents are pleading with the Saskatchewan Party government to sign on to an extension of the $10-a-day federal child care agreement
Source:
Regina Leader Post
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Article
Publication Date:
11 Mar 2025
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Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only provinces not to agree to sign on to the extension, noted NDP MLA Joan Pratchler.
“There’s so much at stake right now if we don’t get it signed,” Pratchler said, noting the potential effect on the economy when parents working on farms or in potash mines or hospitals can’t go to work. “Centres like Prairie Lily and others will have to close … This is a provincial powder keg and I hear it ticking.”
The government responded Monday by saying it is willing to “negotiate” before the March 31 deadline.
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Region:
Saskatchewan [4]