Legault promises to prioritize
disadvantaged children
"I do not find it acceptable that there are less childcare centers in certain disadvantaged areas, all things considered, than in a privileged environment," François Legault said at a press conference on Friday,
ensuring that the intention remained to prioritize them.
ensuring that the intention remained to prioritize them.
How is it that this has not already been acquired, 24 years after the creation of early childhood centers (CPE) with the stated objective of targeting vulnerable children in particular?
Mr. Legault said "to agree" with Mylène Drouin, regional director of public health of Montreal, who, in a brief submitted this week in Quebec, asked that new places be created in CPE in Montreal "by targeting as a priority the most materially disadvantaged neighborhoods and / or which have the highest proportions of vulnerable children ”.
Also at a press conference, Mr. Legault made a long plea on the importance of acting early, children from difficult backgrounds being too late at school. He recalled that this was "one of the objectives targeted when the program was launched by Mr. [Lucien] Bouchard and Ms. [Pauline] Marois" and that this was something that was particularly close to his heart. .
Mr. Legault said "to agree" with Mylène Drouin, regional director of public health of Montreal, who, in a brief submitted this week in Quebec, asked that new places be created in CPE in Montreal "by targeting as a priority the most materially disadvantaged neighborhoods and / or which have the highest proportions of vulnerable children ”.
Also at a press conference, Mr. Legault made a long plea on the importance of acting early, children from difficult backgrounds being too late at school. He recalled that this was "one of the objectives targeted when the program was launched by Mr. [Lucien] Bouchard and Ms. [Pauline] Marois" and that this was something that was particularly close to his heart. .
Montreal Public Health recalls that, according to a study by Laurin, Guay, Bigras and Fournier published in 2015, “children from low-income families who exclusively attended a childcare center during the preschool period are 3.3 times less likely to 'be vulnerable in at least one area of their development than children who have not attended any educational childcare service ”.
Greater poverty in Montreal
In its brief, the Public Health of Montreal reports that, despite a reduction in the number of low-income families between 2012 and 2016 (according to the low-income measure), poverty is still much higher in Montreal than in the whole of the Quebec.
"The proportion of children aged 0-4 living in families below the low income cut-off (after tax) is three times higher in Montreal than in Quebec as a whole (17% against 5%), can we? read. Among immigrant families with children aged 0-4, this proportion reaches 24% (in the metropolis) while it is 14% in Quebec. "
The Prime Minister noted that there was a shortage of 37,000 places in Quebec. “We have announced 15,000
and we will soon be announcing 22,000 more. "
Mr. Legault recalled that a bill would be tabled in the fall to lighten the process of creating childcare places, currently burdened by red tape.
The Association québécoise des CPE has already explained that it takes 17 steps to open a childcare service, from form to form.
Greater poverty in Montreal
In its brief, the Public Health of Montreal reports that, despite a reduction in the number of low-income families between 2012 and 2016 (according to the low-income measure), poverty is still much higher in Montreal than in the whole of the Quebec.
"The proportion of children aged 0-4 living in families below the low income cut-off (after tax) is three times higher in Montreal than in Quebec as a whole (17% against 5%), can we? read. Among immigrant families with children aged 0-4, this proportion reaches 24% (in the metropolis) while it is 14% in Quebec. "
The Prime Minister noted that there was a shortage of 37,000 places in Quebec. “We have announced 15,000
and we will soon be announcing 22,000 more. "
Mr. Legault recalled that a bill would be tabled in the fall to lighten the process of creating childcare places, currently burdened by red tape.
The Association québécoise des CPE has already explained that it takes 17 steps to open a childcare service, from form to form.
Louise Leduc
THE Presse
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THE Presse
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