Photo: Jacques Nadeau Archives Le Devoir On February 7, the Court of Appeal dismissed the Quebec government and concluded that excluding asylum seekers from daycares constituted “discrimination based on sex.”
Lisa-Marie Gervais
1:30 p.m.
- Quebec
Quebec will challenge in the Supreme Court the recent decision of the Court of Appeal providing access to subsidized daycare for asylum seekers. The Ministry of Family also filed a request for a stay of execution of this judgment, rendered on February 7.
“After analyzing the judgment, the government has decided to submit a request for authorization to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada,” the Ministry of Families informed the management of the Early Childhood Centers (CPE). “He also filed a request for a stay of execution of the judgment rendered by the Court of Appeal, until the Supreme Court of Canada has rendered a judgment putting an end to the debate. »
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Tuesday, as reported by Le Devoir, directors of subsidized childcare services and asylum seekers were concerned about the silence of the Ministry of Family and deplored not having received a directive to register the children of asylum seekers, who regained this right ago two weeks.
On February 7, the Court of Appeal dismissed the Quebec government and concluded that excluding asylum seekers from daycares constituted “discrimination based on sex”.
More details will follow.