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Parents with the Yellowknife Day Care Association could see their child care fees rise dramatically if an agreement is not made between the association's board and the territorial government within the next year.
The N.W.T. government announced last week that, in partnership with the federal government, it’s investing $4.6 million into wages for some early child-care educators, but day home operators say they’re being left out.
The education department said parents can expect to receive their child-care refunds by June, but child-care providers still have questions about delivering the subsidies.
Some advocates say a child care subsidy aimed at affordability is failing to address one of the top reasons parent's can't find places for their children to stay: there are too few spaces and daycares cannot pay staff enough to retain them.