(Quebec) The Legault government is stalling and remains very far from achieving its objective of providing all children with a place in daycare by 2025.
The Parti Québécois (PQ) arrived at this observation by collecting data from the network.
In October 2021, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) committed to creating 37,000 places by March 31, 2025. The Prime Minister even showed his impatience and eagerness by suggesting that he found the deadline too far away.
However, the waiting list was still 30,660 children last February.
According to the Ministry of Family, 14,596 places had been completed as of December 31, 2023, i.e. in a little over two years and 15 months from the deadline. There would therefore remain 22,400 to be created by March 31, 2025.
In an interview with The Canadian Press, the PQ’s Family spokesperson, Joël Arseneau, affirmed that it was mission impossible and the CAQ was on the verge of not fulfilling another of its commitments.
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The PQ spokesperson on Family matters, Joël Arseneau