Supreme Court to hear Quebec’s challenge to daycare access for asylum seekers

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Supreme Court to hear Quebec’s challenge to daycare access for asylum seekers

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The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear a challenge from the Quebec government to a lower court ruling granting asylum seekers access to subsidized daycare spaces.

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In a decision released today, the Supreme Court says it will hear Quebec’s appeal of a February 2024 decision from the province’s highest court, which found that Quebec’s daycare rules are discriminatory.

The Court of Appeal said asylum seekers who hold a valid work permit are entitled to register their children in Quebec’s public daycare system.

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The case originated with a woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo who had a work permit but whose three children were denied access to the heavily subsidized network.

They were denied because Quebec’s rules provided access to the system only once ******** status was granted by the federal government.

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Spaces in the highly sought-after network cost roughly $9 a day.

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