Cuts and layoffs impacting local childcare agency

HALDIMAND—According to CUPE 7070 – which represents workers for Child and Family Services of Grand Erie (CFSGE) – the agency will soon be down approximately 30 positions since amalgamating the Children’s Aid Society of Haldimand Norfolk and the Brant Family and Children’s Services in April 2022. A recent union release said costs driving up the agency’s annual deficit include approximately…