More licensed child-care centre spaces coming to Nova Scotia [Video]

A new program announced by the Government of Nova Scotia Thursday will help create more licensed not-for-profit child-care spaces across the province.

The Early Learning and Child Care Major Infrastructure Program will spend $20 million on new construction or major renovations.

A news release from the province says priority will be given to projects that serve diverse or vulnerable communities, communities with low child-care coverage rates and projects in publicly owned facilities.

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“Child-care spaces are in high demand across the province, and we need to be innovative in how we make child care more accessible,” said Becky Druhan, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, in Thursday’s release.

“This program, combined with the minor infrastructure and family home start-up programs, support the expansion and transformation of child care in Nova Scotia.”

The province says funding caps differ based …