Quebec Election Day 5: Conservatives promise parents more money for daycare

Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime was in Montreal on Thursday – making a campaign promise at a daycare in Saint-Leonard.

“We do believe that the way to fix the system is to help all parents, not just those that are you know lucky enough to have a place in public daycares.”

Saying if elected – he’s looking to help families by giving parents an allocation of $200/week – per child – to make sure that everyone can afford to put their kids in daycare

Adding that waiting lists for subsidized daycares continue to grow – and parents need help now

And taking aim at the CAQ government.

“Currently there s 52,000 parents who are waiting on waiting list. When the CAQ arrived in power in 2018 they said they would solve that problem they would reduce the amount of people on waiting lists. We went from 42,000 kids on the waiting list, to 52,000 kids waiting today.”

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is playing the short game with his party’s election heath-care promises.

On Day 5 of the election campaign, Legault is promising an additional $400 million to recruit 660 doctors and 5,000 health professionals.

(CREDIT: Facebook/François Legault)

He made the announcement today in Trois-Rivières, Que., alongside several candidates including outgoing Health Minister Christian Dubé, who said the party is avoiding making false promises on health care to voters.

Dubé says voters have become jaded from politicians who have made big health-care commitments and failed to follow through.

He says the CAQ will intensify efforts to counter the shortage of health workers by winning them over with small successes that will help bring workers back to the network.

Dubé says the goal is to make the public system the first choice for health workers.

Liberal leader Dominique Anglade was in Sherbrooke – promising to end the welcome tax for first-time home buyers.

“With the housing crisis and the frenzy of the real estate market, it is becoming more and more difficult for Quebecers to buy their first home. That’s why the Quebec Liberal Party is committed to eliminating the welcome tax for first-time buyers and to improve the Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP),” announced Anglade – raising the the HBP ceiling from $35,000 to $50,000 and will allow, among others, the parents of buyers to contribute to it.

This measure will be accompanied by full financial compensation to municipalities by the by the government of Quebec.

The Parti Québécois talking sovereignty in Ottawa – on Parliament Hill.

And Québec solidaire promising universal public dental insurance if elected.

Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon crosses off a list of demands by Quebec Premier Francois Legault as he holds a news conference on Parliament Hill, Thursday, September 1, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 1, 2022.