Overview

• The Quebec government will analyze existing files before enforcing the July 9 directive that excludes open-permit holders’ children from subsidized spots.
• The directive limits eligibility to children of foreign workers with closed work permits, under a rate of $9.35 per day.
• Suzanne Roy emphasizes the province is applying a rule that has been in place since the daycare system’s 1997 inception.
• Parents from France and Ukraine have threatened to sue, arguing the policy is invalid, illegal and violates charter rights.
• A union representing daycare workers warns the sudden enforcement could displace hundreds of children and force parents out of the workforce.