“Hundreds of children” of immigrants will lose their place in daycare

A reminder to the order of the Ministry of the Family will force the circles of guard to show the door to “hundreds of children” of immigrants, according to the Federation of Stewers in Early Childhood in Quebec (FIPEQ).

Seventeen children were withdrawn from their day care in Sherbrooke, Estrie. A clarification request sent to the Ministry of the Family by the Coordinator Office of the Region subsequently encouraged the Ministry to send a directive to the custody throughout the province.

The note recalls that places for reduced contribution cannot be allocated to children of immigrant parents with an open work permit. However, he appears that this regulation dating from 2006 has been misinterpreted for years by many guard.

Hundreds of children across Quebec lose their place in a family environment. They are integrated, they are included with other children, they have their routine, their moments, their safetydeplores Anne-Marie Bellerose, president of the Fipeq.

In a situation exposed by the daily The pressthe mother of a child who will lose his place is also an educator in the same childcare environment. Not winning expensive enough to send your child to an unubniscited environment, whose places can cost $ 45 to $ 65 per day rather than $ 9.35, she will have to leave her job.

It is eight families that we put in a delicate situation. This group of children may not have a educatorargues Anne-Marie Bellerose to denounce the domino effect of the strict application of the regulation by the Ministry of the Family.

It’s more than finding a place, it’s uprooting a child and a family.

Contradictory information

In the large region of Quebec, the grouping of early childhood centers believes that the problem comes from the guide used by childcare for the reception of children from an immigrant family.

This document was not very clear, there was confusionestimates the director Élise Paradis. The latter also argues that the guidelines of childcares, in recent years, have obtained contradictory information by addressing the Ministry of the Family.

The directions are completely overwhelmed. These are parents who lose their educational daycare, but they are children who have been integrated into the circles too.

In a written response, Minister Suzanne Roy claims to be very sensitive to the situation experienced by some parents. It nevertheless continues by indicating that compliance with admission criteria is a question equity towards the entire Quebec population.

To benefit from the reduced contribution, parents who are temporary foreign nationals must meet certain criteria. These criteria have existed since the creation of the early childhood network in 1997points out the minister.