Posted: Jan 09, 2021 11:38 AM NT | Last Updated: January 9
Labrador daycares can now avail of an extra 15 per cent funding to pay their staff more, a move that comes after centres in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Labrador West went public with their struggles this past fall.(John Robertson/CBC)
Child-care centres in Labrador are thrilled their long-standing cries for staffing help have been addressed by the provincial government, even as one Opposition MHA questions whether the timing of the announcement has more to do with an impending election than listening to Labradorians concerns.
On Tuesday, the Liberal government announced a tweak to its operating grant system for child-care centres in Labrador. The province will now top up those subsidies by an extra 15 per cent, with strings attached: the extra cash has to go directly toward compensating daycare staff.