Quebec’s official election campaign isn’t expected to start for at least another week, but the province’s governing party has already made billions of dollars in promises.
Families Minister Mathieu Lacombe told reporters Friday that if the Coalition Avenir Québec is re-elected it would spend $1.4 billion over five years to convert more than 56,000 unsubsidized daycare spots into subsidized spaces.
“Within five years, every Quebec toddler will be able to have a subsidized place, at $8.70 (a day), in a quality educational daycare. That also means equity—finally—equity for all Quebec parents,” he said.
The campaign promise was one of several that members of Premier François Legault’s government have made in recent days….