The Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs (AACE), which advocates for both for-profit and non-profit child-care centres and dayhome operators, said the closures are a result of the $10-per-day child-care program, which has created an “underfunded” and “restrictive” environment.
Peyton Davis has been paying about $800 per month for her son's daycare and that's after the government grants and subsidies. But come January, those fees are set to come down to about $600, which she says will make "a huge difference" for her family.
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