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Saskatchewan child-care advocates say higher wages needed for early childhood educators

“We know the social and economic benefits of a robust child-care system. We’re calling on the province to come up with a wage grid to address the labour crisis.”about the creation of new child-care spaces.

“But then we’re hearing on the ground quite often that those spaces are meaningless because they can’t actually staff them.”Conway questioned Education Minister Dustin Duncan on the subject in question period Wednesday.“We’re working towards developing a wage grid for the sector,” Duncan said in the chamber.He said that, since August of 2021, the province has 3,402 new child-care spaces.

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