US EditionQuebec suspends directive restricting access to daycare for immigrant children
QUEBEC, CANADA, JUL 25 – Quebec halts expulsion of immigrant children already in subsidized daycare while reviewing policy, but restrictions remain for new applicants with open work permits, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Quebec halted the enforcement of a policy aimed at removing certain immigrant children from subsidized daycares in Montreal.
- The suspension came after legal threats were made by foreign parents residing in Quebec from France and Ukraine, who challenged the directive as unlawful and without validity.
- The directive, issued earlier this month, barred children of foreign workers on open work permits from subsidized daycare, but those already enrolled can now stay while the government reviews the policy.
- Families Minister Suzanne Roy said the restriction still applies to new applicants and emphasized the daycare system rules have existed since its inception, while a notice urged providers not to terminate current service agreements.
- Legal representatives specializing in immigration expressed approval of the ministry’s decision, while the situation underscores ongoing disputes regarding eligibility for the $9.35 daily subsidized daycare rate affecting hundreds of children.
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Quebec suspends directive restricting access to daycare for immigrant children - Montreal
Families Minister Suzanne Roy says that while the government reviews its policy, she has directed the daycare network not to expel children who already have a spot in the system.
Quebec had sent a directive earlier this month suggesting that children could lose their place.
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Quebec suspends directive restricting access to daycare for immigrant children
MONTRÉAL - The Quebec government has partially suspended a directive that would have expelled some children of immigrants from subsidized daycare.
In part, the Legault government suspends its directive, which reportedly expelled many immigrant children with work permits from subsidized day care centres and Early Childhood Centres (ECCs), which was issued at the beginning of the month and targets children whose parents have an open work permit. It states that these foreign workers are not entitled to the daily rate of $9.35 for child care services. After a lifting of shields, the MFA asked …
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