Thousands of parents are being inconvenienced with finding alternative childcare arrangements, as daycares across Alberta invoke "rolling closures". The protest is intended to grab the attention of provincial and federal governments over the $10/day childcare program. In fact, operators in multiple provinces are threatening to pull out of the national child-care system or even close their doors. They say the federal-provincial agreements limit the fees they can charge while not providing enough support to cover all their costs. Who's responsible, and what's the solution? We get into it in this episode of Real Talk.

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51:52 | Krystal Churcher is a childcare operator and chair of the Alberta Association of Childcare Entrepreneurs. She explains why many daycares are voluntarily closing their doors, leaving families in the lurch. 

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