N.W.T. daycare inspection reports are going online

Starting today, the N.W.T.'s Department of Education, Culture and Employment will make daycare inspection reports available online.

To date, daycare inspection reports have not routinely been made public.

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In January, CBC was told that it would need to file anAccess to Information request to see thedaycare inspection reports.A request for the inspection reports from the last fiveyearswould cost about $3,000.

The news of the changes went out in a letter to parents from the department, which promises information from any inspections conducted after April 1 will be posted on the department's website starting May 15.

The department has also created new, clearer guidelines on the process ofinspections and followup for daycares that are non-compliant.