SASK. PARTY TELLS APPLYING CHILDCARE PROVIDERS THERE IS ‘NO NEED’ WHILE FAMILIES WAIT YEARS FOR A SPACE

Scott Moe’s Sask. Party Breaks Promise Of Childcare Access For Families
SASKATOON – Carla Beck's team is calling on Scott Moe to explain why prospective childcare providers are being denied licenses after receiving letters stating that the government believes there is "no need" for additional childcare spaces — even as families across the province remain on waitlists for months and, in many cases, years.

Childcare providers joining Beck’s team for a news conference Wednesday shared letters from the Ministry of Education informing them that their license applications have been denied because the government has determined there is insufficient demand for childcare in their communities.

"This Sask. Party is ignoring reality," said Matt Love, Shadow Minister for Education "Families know there is a childcare crisis because they're living it every day. Telling qualified providers there isn't a need for more spaces is an insult to every parent who has spent months or years on a waitlist.

“We know affordable childcare is critical for families, for our economy, for Saskatchewan’s future. Why would Scott Moe stand in the way of that?”

The decision to deny additional childcare spaces flies in the face of what Saskatchewan families experience every day.

The Nissar family applied to the Ministry of Education for a childcare license in January 2026 after previously holding a childcare license and closing to pursue further education. On June 23, they received a letter from the Ministry denying their application, citing a lack of "need" for childcare spaces in their area. The Nissars live in an area of Saskatoon where there are no licensed childcare spaces.

"We were shocked when the letter arrived stating we wouldn’t receive our childcare license because the government said there was no need in our area,” said Kinza Nissar, Saskatoon Childcare provider. “We know this isn’t true. The demand for childcare is huge.”

Saskatoon currently has just 38 childcare spaces per 1,000 people, according to the Sask. Party’s own data.

The controversial decision to turn down prospective childcare providers comes alongside a harmful July 1 Sask. Party decision to cut funding for casual and part-time childcare spaces relied on by shift workers, such as those working on the frontlines of overrun Saskatchewan hospitals. As well, in light of insufficient funding, some providers have started slapping additional fees on families, breaking the promise of $10-per-day childcare.

“The Sask. Party needs to focus on fixing the childcare crisis, not making it worse. It needs to help families in an affordability challenge who want to contribute the economy not add to their struggle to make ends meet.” said Joan Pratchler, Shadow Minister for Early Learning & Childcare.

“They waste money on bougie flights on shiny advertising campaigns and taxpayer-funded photos ops. But, when push comes to shove, they fail families and the people that elected them at every turn.

“It’s time for change.”

Carla Beck’s team is calling on the Sask. Party to immediately review every licence application that has been rejected on the basis of "no demonstrated need," publish the data used to make those decisions, and work with communities to expand childcare capacity where families are clearly being left behind.

Hundreds of people have already sent Scott Moe and local MLA a letter in support of affordable childcare through a website set up by Beck’s team — ndpcaucus.sk.ca/childcaremail.

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