Quebec’s Challenge to Daycare Access for Asylum Seekers to be Heard by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge from the Quebec government regarding a lower court ruling that allowed asylum seekers access to subsidized daycare spaces.
Today, the Supreme Court announced that it will consider Quebec’s appeal of a decision made in February 2024 by the province’s highest court, which declared Quebec’s daycare regulations as discriminatory.
The Court of Appeal ruled that asylum seekers with valid work permits have the right to enroll their children in Quebec’s public daycare system.
The case stemmed from a woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo who had a work permit but was denied access to Quebec’s heavily subsidized daycare system for her three children.
The denial was based on Quebec’s policy that only allowed access once refugee status was granted by the federal government.
Spaces in the popular daycare network cost approximately $9 per day.
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