Poverty wages for childcare workers jeopardizes $10-per-day childcare

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What is even more concerning is that some provinces may even experience declining childcare availability as centres consider closing permanently as they struggle to attract staff. In New Brunswick, NDP leader, Claudia Chender, notes that for-profit operators are not the only operators at risk of closing due to staff shortages.

“We were promised expansion and we’re seeing contraction. And we’re not just seeing contraction among the private operators, we’re seeing contraction among the public operators.”

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Claudia Chender MLA