English, always a safe target
Despite a recent Superior Court ruling, dear Simon Jolin-Barrette says judges do not need to be bilingual and he’s thinking of enshrining that in law. The item adds “A Laval University political science professor thinks Wednesday’s motion is more about politics than language.”
André Pratte thinks the withdrawal of funding for the enlargement of Dawson College is political.
Of course it is. The CAQ knows it can’t go wrong taking a dig at the use of English. It’s almost as safe and popular a move as taking a dig at immigrants.
Ian 18:48 on 2022-02-10 Permalink
The Dawson funding “scandal” is especially infuriating in that Dawson literally can’t increase its enrollment regardless of funding, enrollment numbers are capped by the Ministry of Education. When Bill 96 goes through enrollment at English language CEGEPs will be even more stringently controlled.
For the government to conflate funding classroom expansions with expanding enrollment is disingenuous at best, as they control enrollment rates AND school funding.