Tunney’s Pasture daycare closing after 32 years

'Time is of the essence', according to Kim Hiscott, executive director of Andrew Fleck Children’s Services, which has offered to maintain the daycare. 'It would be really unfortunate to have to start at the beginning with recruiting educators.'

Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada Anita Anand, left, and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna. Ms. McKenna, who is also the MP for Ottawa Centre, says she will 'continue to advocate for Garderie Tunney’s Daycare and tenants of PSPC buildings throughout this challenging time.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

November 2, 2020

Garderie Tunney’s Daycare, a non-for-profit Ottawa daycare centre with a long history of serving federal public servants, has closed its doors amid both falling enrolment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as skyrocketing rent that comes following the expiry of a series of rent subsidies...

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