Families
in Saskatchewan looking for a live-in nanny are finding them in short supply. With daycare shortages forcing many parents to look
elsewhere, nannies are now in high demand. With long hours and low wages, it’s
a profession that fewer and fewer Canadians are willing to do.
The Birds are a family in Regina that have found a partial solution
to their childcare problem.
nanny and it took seven weeks to finally find somebody,” said Dawn Bird.
Together with her husband, Curtis, they care for their two young
children. Although they originally wanted a live-in nanny, they found them to
be unaffordable, so they’ve settled on a live-out caregiver, Rebecca Reitmeier.
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It’s not an easy profession. Reitmeier has four different clients.
She splits her time up between them all it’s a full time job that pays minimum
wage. Still, it’s one she enjoys.
Manuela Gruber Hersch runs International Nannies & Homecare
Ltd., a company that brings nannies to Canada through the live-in caregiver
program. She says the demand for nannies in Saskatchewan has skyrocketed in
recent years.
“We’ve seen a huge demand, growing demand in
Saskatchewan because the economy is doing well,” Gruber Hersch said. “I assume
a lot of the moms are going back to work, lots of jobs available.”
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