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CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court says asylum seekers entitled to subsidized Quebec daycare

  • The Canadian Press

  • Canadian Press

  • March 6, 2026

People take a break in front of the Supreme Court of Canada building in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick.

OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Quebec discriminated against female refugee claimants by introducing regulations that denied them access to subsidized daycare spaces.

This marks the third ruling against the Quebec government on the matter.

More coming.