childcare

A pair of federal ministers were in Regina to announce a series of announcements of child care. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson and President of the Treasury Board Anita Anand announced that the federal government will expand the Canada Student Loan Forgiveness Program to reduce the costs associated with entering early childhood […]

The federal and provincial governments announced 23.5 million to create 2,349 new regulated childcare spaces across the province. Funding for the newly announced spaces has been allocated to 51 organizations in 41 communities that will either build new facilities or add new spaces within their existing facilities. The province will be looking to fund nearly […]

A $30-billion federal funding initiative launched in 2021 to bring $10-a-day child care across Canada has created a fraction of the new spaces expected in the first year of operation in three provinces that were assessed, a new report said. An analysis by public-policy group Cardus said the roll out of child-care expansion programs in […]

A partnership between the Federal and Provincial Governments will lower the cost of child care in Saskatchewan by 70 per cent. Starting September 1, a family of an infant in full-time regulated child care can expect to pay up to $550 less per month than they paid in January 2022. This represents an average of […]

Over 1,200 new licensed not-for-profit child care facility spaces will be opened in communities across Saskatchewan. The 1,202 spaces will be added to 21 Saskatchewan communities as a part of a shared goal to create 28,000 new child care spaces in the province by the end of March 2026. The communities that will see the […]

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising to bring back a tax credit for kids’ recreation and to create more child-care spaces. Moe says if his party is re-elected in the Oct. 26 provincial vote, he will reintroduce the active families benefit, which was eliminated in the 2016-17 budget. “One of the best ways to […]

Saskatchewan NDP Leader, Ryan Meili is asking the government to come up with a clear, concise plan to address childcare concerns in the province during the COVID-19 outbreak. Meili says there needs to be a plan in place to help take care of children of health care workers because, by nature, they are more likely […]