In a ruling released Thursday, the Supreme Court said it would hear Quebec’s appeal of the province’s Supreme Court’s February 2024 ruling that found Quebec’s child care regulations to be discriminatory.
Quebec government loses in both Court of Appeal and lower court
The Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will hear the Quebec government’s challenge to a lower court ruling that granted asylum seekers access to subsidized child care spaces.
In a ruling released Thursday, the Supreme Court said it will hear Quebec’s appeal of the province’s Supreme Court’s February 2024 ruling that found Quebec’s child care regulations to be discriminatory.
The ruling upheld the Quebec Superior Court’s decision.
The Court of Appeal said asylum seekers with valid work permits have the right to enroll their children in Quebec’s public childcare system. The case began with a woman from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who had a work permit but whose three children were denied access to day care. A heavily subsidized network.
They were denied access because Quebec rules only allow them access to the system if they are granted refugee status by the federal government.
Space in the highly popular network costs around $9 per day.
