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CTV News
23-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Additional Francophone childcare spaces open in Antigonish County
More Francophone childcare spaces will be accessible for families in Antigonish County, N.S., through a new centre operated by the Centre d'appui à la petite enfance de la Nouvelle-Écosse. 'The demand for childcare spaces in Antigonish continues to grow,' said Brendan Maguire, minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. 'This expansion responds to long-standing challenges faced by local families, who have had limited access to francophone childcare in their community.' The centre will be co-located on Conseil scolaire acadien provincial property at École acadienne de Pomquet, a new release said. The centre will receive $3.5 million from the province for the project, which will provide 40 new childcare spaces for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. It is expected to open next spring. 'Childcare has a profound influence on children's overall development, including their language skills and identity,' said Jaime Battiste, member of parliament for Cape Breton–Canso–Antigonish, on behalf of Patty Hajdu, federal minister of jobs and families. 'This investment will provide 40 new childcare spaces and help meet the needs of francophone families in Antigonish. With Nova Scotia, we are adding to the nearly 7,000 childcare spaces already announced, so more families in Nova Scotia can save thousands of dollars every year on childcare.' The funding is through the Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. Nova Scotia has signed a five-year extension to the agreement as well as the Child Care Agreement and the Canada-Nova Scotia Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, worth more than $1 billion total. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
CBC
06-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Quebec unions representing 400 subsidized daycares reach tentative deal with province
After 13 strike days, the labour federation representing workers at 400 subsidized daycares in Quebec says it has reached an agreement in principle with the province. The 13,000 workers with the Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS), a labour federation affiliated the with the much larger Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), will be voting on the deal in the coming days. Nearly two weeks ago, the CSN asked for conciliation to resolve an impasse in negotiations. Conciliation efforts began on May 1. Major sticking points during negotiations were linked to working conditions and compensation. The FSSS-CSN was seeking to improve both as a means to alleviate staffing shortages in the daycare network and make the job more attractive to future workers. Negotiations with the provincial government to renew collective agreements have been ongoing for several months. The Treasury Board submitted offers to all unions representing daycare workers in May 2024 and settled with those under the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) and the Fédérations des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) in December. Workers will have the final say on whether the agreement is accepted or not and the union said no details of the deal will be released until then.
