With new provincial rules limiting public daycare for newcomers to Quebec holding open work permits, some families in Montreal are no longer eligible for reduced-rate spots.

And it’s not just newcomers turning away; long public CPE waitlists have also pushed many parents to look at private options.

That’s the reality for Garderie Jardin William, a private daycare in Griffintown.

“Fifty per cent of the clientele is waiting to get a spot offered in a CPE or subsidized daycare,” said owner and president Sophie Apollon-Auguste.

“They love the activities (offered by) the team. But they’re still waiting to get a subsidized spot because the difference in price is quite big.”

At an open house hosted Thursday, the private daycare is filling in the gaps that have been left wide open by the gove

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