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Quebec governing party continues to make election promises before start of campaign

Aug 19, 2022 | 12:42 PM

MONTREAL — Quebec’s governing party continues to make election promises even though the campaign hasn’t officially started.

Families Minister Mathieu Lacombe told reporters today that if the Coalition Avenir Québec is re-elected, the party would spend $1.4 billion over five years to convert all unsubsidized daycare spots into subsidized spaces.

Parents would pay $8.70 a day for the new spots — the same price charged at private subsidized daycares and at public daycares.

Lacombe says the CAQ wants to subsidize at least 56,000 additional daycare spots.