Cassidy Vaughan wants to have a second child, but says the prospect of doing so without $10-a-day child care is "scary."

"Child care can drown you," she said. "That's like, a mortgage payment, or you know, a car payment."

The pharmacy technician was able to return to the workforce last year after finding a subsidized daycare spot for her son, Parker, at the Natural Wonders Early Learning Centre in Swift Current, Sask.

Vaughan pays roughly $220/month. She estimates the same daycare spot would cost …