More university teaching “must be in French”
A report from Quebec’s French language commissioner suggests that too much university education in Quebec is still being done in English, and that one third of the courses given at McGill and Concordia should be taught in French.
Ian 23:12 on 2025-01-07 Permalink
They can’t stop people coming from the ROC, polluting Quebec with their filthy English, but they can make it unattractive. The CAQ in particular and Quebec nationalists in general dislike and distrust Montreal, it may look like cutting off thier nose to spite their face, but they are really convinced Montreal will keep being the economic engine of Quebec even if it ceases to attract newcomers that can’t be easily screened with immigration quotas. Of course they don’t think of Montreal as the cultural engine of Quebec, so let’s not even go there.
It doesn’t matter though – as long as it’s a political rallying point, the existential crisis of French Quebec will never cease, even if 100% of the population is Francophone. There will always be further purges to inflict – especially upon Montreal.
JaneyB 11:01 on 2025-01-08 Permalink
Hate to point this out but…Quebec needs to graduate more Francophone students from secondary school to warrant this. Graduation rates for men are a full 20% lower than for Anglophone men. It’s the worst in the country. Maybe some attention needs to be paid to the quality and method of education in the Franco secondary schools?
Ian 11:17 on 2025-01-08 Permalink
The EMSB has the highest graduation rate in the entire province FWIW