Cara Werner offered some guarded optimism as Saskatchewan recently signed a five-year, $1.6-billion childcare agreement with the federal government.

“There’s a little bit of relief that the deal is signed,” said Werner, the director at Dream Big Child Care in Rocanville. “At least we have some stability for the next five years. But there’s certainly some areas of it that are concerning.”

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Werner noted that she wanted to see the substance of the agreement before getting her hopes up too high.

One detail that brought some concern was shared by Sask. Minister of Education Everett Hindley, who said there would be some public dollars in the form of grants available to for-profit centres.

“There will be a very small portion, yes, that is included in the new agreement with

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