QUEBEC — The Quebec government moved towards fulfilling a key election promise today as it tabled a bill that would ensure children can attend kindergarten at four years old. The legislation introduced by Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge would modify the province’s Education Act to make pre-kindergarten available for all children, regardless of their neighbourhood’s economic status. The education critic for the opposition Liberals criticized Legault Thursday, saying the premier has no plan and is only tabling the legislation to save his own skin. “The (Coalition Avenir Quebec) government, by stubbornly wanting to make kindergarten universal, isn’t attacking the real priorities in education,” CSQ vice-president Line Camerlain said following a debate in the legislature. “It seems obvious.”Legault’s government has said it will invest between $400 million and $700 million to make sure kindergarten is available to all four-year-olds within five years.

Source: National Post February 14, 2019 23:37 UTC