Vallie Stearns, who chairs the provincial Coalition for Pay Equity, tells CHSJ News this is the time when the rubber hits the road for the Alward Government in its desire to significantly increase the number of daycare spaces over the next four years. She argues more money will have to be paid to those workers in daycare.
Home support workers, who look after seniors in their homes, are also waiting to see if they'll be paid more. Stearns warns if you don't have enough home care workers with an aging population, the alternatives are to build more nursing homes or house the seniors in hospital beds which is far more expensive proposition and less efficient use of taxpayer dollars.
