Montreal, Canada - Jewish Community Gets Daycare Power

Montreal, Canada - The Charest government is giving the Montreal Jewish community its own coordination office for public daycare's.

The area around the mountain was originally going to be split into three jurisdictions, each with a daycare coordination office. Now the area will be split into two, but the director of Jewish Family Services will oversee a third coordination office that will have jurisdiction in all three areas.

Critics say the offices were not supposed to be divided along religious lines. In 2005, the Charest government found itself in the midst of scandal when it announced it would fund Jewish schools 100 percent. The government had to backtrack following mass public opposition.