Mothers share hopes for childcare improvements – Nunavut News

February 10, 2022

Ashley Tulugak and Kaylie Kattegatsiak are among many Nunavummiut who have witnessed daycares struggle to stay open and also among those who hold out hope that a recent federal government announcement of $66 million over five years will truly make a difference.

Kattegatsiak, a resident of Chesterfield Inlet, said she has been fortunate to have a relative move in with her family to look after her two toddlers, allowing her to become employed again. The local daycare closed a few months ago due to a shortage of staff, she said.

“I am thrilled,” she said of the aid from Ottawa that will subsidize Nunavut daycares. The government says the extra money will cut childcare fees in half by the end of this year and reduce costs to $10 a day, on average, by March 2024 at publicly-licensed facilities.

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