Wait lists expected to grow as province pauses daycare funding
With no plans to increase funding for Saskatchewan’s daycare and pre-kindergarten programs, enormously long waiting lists are primed to grow longer.
That’s according to Lisa Leibel, executive director for the Preston Early Learning Centres in Saskatoon.
“For parents looking for daycare it must be disappointing for them because daycare is extremely hard to find — waiting lists are long,” she said after the provincial budget was released Wednesday.
“Increases in spaces have been great for the parents, but we don’t have enough trained people. We’ll get some reprieve with this announcement, but for the parents, it’s not looking so good.”