Quebec to spend $3 billion to create 37,000 new subsidized daycare spots
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In the midst of ongoing strikes by daycare workers and a shortage of childcare spaces, Quebec announced Thursday it is investing at least $3 billion to modernize childcare services in the province.
In the midst of ongoing strikes by daycare workers and a shortage of childcare spaces, the province will invest at least $3 billion to modernize childcare services in the province.
One of the main goals of the François Legault government’s “historic” action plan is to create 37,000 additional subsidized daycare spaces by 2024-2025.
To help reach its goal, the government plans to fund 17,000 subsidized spaces over the next few years, plus 1,000 spaces set aside for Indigenous communities, in addition to the 19,000 spaces that are currently under construction.
According to a timetable provided by the government, 5,000 spaces would be created this year, along with 10,500 in 2022-2023, 14,500 in 2023-2024 and an additional 6,100 in the final year of the plan.
