Not unlike schools, the daycare sector has pivoted multiple times during the pandemic, adopting new health and safety protocols and overhauling different operations.
However, the Omicron variant has thrown a significant wrench into the industry that cares for Canada’s youngest, who don’t always get as much attention as their school-aged peers.
Facing a “hyper-contagious” variant that’s worsening pre-existing staff shortages as well as fast-changing isolation requirements and reduced access to COVID-19 PCR testing, daycare operators, staff and parents are sounding the alarm.
Montreal parent Diana Dacosta believes daycare is vital to Canada’s workforce.
Though it was shuttered for a few months at the
