The Nova Scotia government says it s giving child-care centres more funding to address rising operational costs, increase infant spaces and to raise staff wages in a new annual agreement.
Daycare fees are to drop a further 25 per cent in Nova Scotia beginning Dec. 31, under a $605-million funding agreement between the federal and provincial governments signed in 2021.
The Houston government has promised daycare operators $100 million more each year to boost the salaries of early childhood educators. But some private operators and the organization that represents non-profit centres say it's not enough to prevent further closures..