New one-stop shop for Quebec daycare registry won't be in place until June 2024

The one-stop shop for registering a child in a daycare won't be in place before June 2024, the Legault government announced on Wednesday.
By then, it will be a "trial period" before actually coming into operation in September 2024, Family Minister Suzanne Roy told a morning press scrum.
The minister was commenting on the publication in the Gazette officielle of the draft regulation to set up the one-stop shop.
It's "the next real waiting list ... so eagerly awaited by parents," she said.
Currently, more than 37,000 children are waiting for a place in a daycare. There is already a site called La Place 0-5 ans to register a child, but the platform does not distribute places.
If the regulation is adopted, there will be a clear "obligation" for daycare services and for requesting parents to register on the list, the minister said.
At present, despite being on waiting lists, parents have to go through a lot of hoops to get a place: they have to phone, e-mail, or show up on-site. The minister intends to put an end to arbitrariness in this area.
"There won't be someone randomly selecting a new client. This will be done using our computer system. We'll be the ones to give the name to the Centre de la petite enfance [which declares it has a vacancy]: here's the first child on your list," Roy said.
There will be an "ordering policy" to determine the order of priority of the children. The basic criterion will be the desired entry date.
There will be a centralized waiting list for each daycare. Parents will be able to apply to several daycare and parents will be able to apply for subsidized or private childcare.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on Sept. 20, 2023.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Two Canadian citizens confirmed dead in Antigua: Global Affairs
Global Affairs Canada has confirmed the death of two Canadian citizens in Antigua.
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante collapses during press conference
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is 'doing well' but will reduce the pace of her activities over the next few days after collapsing during a press conference at City Hall on Tuesday morning.
opinion Tom Mulcair: Poilievre keeps scoring into the Liberals' empty net
In his column for CTVNews.ca, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair says Pierre Poilievre's new 'Housing Hell' video dealt a 'devastating' blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberals, whose cupboard seems empty of big ideas.
Here is Canada's unseasonably mild December forecast
December is predicted to be unseasonably mild across Canada, thanks to a "moderate-to-strong" El Nino and human-caused warming. Warming and precipitation trends will be stronger in some parts of the country than others, and severe weather is still possible, meteorologists say.
Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war
Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered Gaza's second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians, including children, in a bloody new phase of the war.
Financial intel agency hands down $7.4M penalty to Royal Bank of Canada
Canada's financial intelligence agency has levied a $7.4-million penalty against the Royal Bank of Canada for non-compliance with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing measures.
2 patients die in ER waiting room of hospital on Montreal's South Shore
An investigation is underway after two people died while waiting in the emergency room at Anna-Laberge Hospital.
U.S. made offer to bring home jailed Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich. Russia rejected it
The Biden administration has made a new and significant offer aimed at securing the release of American detainees Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, but Russia has rejected the offer, the State Department said Tuesday.
'Significant increase' in sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, Statistics Canada reports
Statistics Canada is reporting a 'significant increase' in rates of sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) last year. The report also states instances of sexual assault were more prevalent among women.