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1/3 le 6 novembre, les universités mcgill, concordia et bishop’s ont reconnu le déclin du français au québec, particulièrement à montréal, et ont manifesté la volonté d’en faire plus pour franciser les étudiants hors québec. #polqc
— pascale déry (@pascaledery) december 14, 2023
voici notre réponse aux trois universités.👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/y8v67onjg0
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déry defended the plan in a radio-canada interview on thursday. a spokesperson for the minister said she was not available to speak with the gazette.
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students will be required to reach an oral level 5 of the Échelle québécoise des niveaux de compétence en français . there are 12 levels in that french proficiency scale. levels 5 to 8 are intermediate.
in a letter to the concordia community published thursday evening , carr said the university will not increase tuition for international students that have been approved for 2024-25.
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mcgill and concordia say the university overhaul could cost them more than $150 million in annual revenue. both have announced hiring freezes. concordia last month told departments to cut budgets by 7.8 per cent . mcgill says it may have to cut up to 700 jobs.
no courtesy call to the universities. just dropping the hammer. you mention studies, will you make them public?
— gregory kelley (@gharperkelley) december 14, 2023
governing via twitter and on the back of a napkin, the caq way. https://t.co/u2mrwbaraa
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montreal mp david lametti, a former federal justice minister, told the logic this week the federal government “has an obligation” under recently passed legislation to help quebec’s english-language universities should provincially mandated tuition hikes undermine their finances.
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