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The Action Démocratique du Québec's official spokesperson on family issues, Groulx MNA Linda Lapointe, has expressed disappointment with the latest development in the Charest Liberal government's child daycare plan. While the Liberals are flaunting the fact they've created additional spaces in Quebec's growing daycare network, the ADQ notes that 73,000 Quebec families remain shut out of the plan.
Lapointe disappointed
"Today, 18,000 families will be able to benefit from new spots in daycare for $7," she said. "There are certainly no grounds for the Liberal government to be satisfied when there are still 73,000 families who have no help from the government whatsoever and who are still being taken for granted. Today, I must admit disappointment to see thousand of Quebec families have lost out in the Liberal lottery."
Parents worried: Lapointe
In addition, the ADQ MNA said the announcement by Liberal minister Michelle Courchesne was being made at "a minute to midnight" figuratively. "There are limits to how far you can go kidding parents around," she said. "Initially, minister Courchesne had promised that the new spaces would be announced last June. Many parents are worrying about the lack of spaces for back-to-school. Some have even had to seek out other options during their vacations in order to be assured that their child would have a place in daycare in September."
ADQ's $100 per child plan
The ADQ has asked the government to implement the recommendation the ADQ made, that $100 per week should be given for each child less than five years of age for whom there is no subsidized space in daycare. "The fact is that the 18,000 new spaces will be costing taxpayers $251 per week, per child," said Lapointe. "It seems to me the ADQ's proposal to offer $100 per week, per child, would clearly have been better and would not leave 73,000 families without help."
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