Quebec targets anglo universities in French-language 'offensive'
montrealgazette.com
"If we want to change the linguistic profile of Montreal, to stop the decline in Montreal, we must focus on the question of rebalancing university networks."

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Describing it as part of an “all-out offensive” to promote the French language in Quebec and “halt the decline in Montreal,” a Legault government task force will seek to increase tuition fees for foreign or out-of-province students attending English-language universities in Quebec.

“We’re fed up with managing a decline, of protecting the language, of slowing the erosion of the language, these are defensive terms. It’s time to regain ground,” Quebec French-language minister Jean-François Roberge said in an interview with La Presse. “If we want to change the linguistic profile of Montreal, to stop the decline in Montreal, we must focus on the question of rebalancing university networks.”

Roberge said that while 80 per cent of Quebec students attend French-language universities, only half of the 32,000 foreign or out-of-province students who study here do so as well.

“There are a lot of people who come to Quebec, who attend an English-language university and who very often express themselves in the English language on a daily basis.”

The task force also intends to table legislation that would oblige online giants such as Spotify and Netflix to make Quebec-produced content “more visible.”

Roberge’s announcement comes a little over a week after the Coalition Avenir Québec suffered a stinging defeat at the hands of the Parti Québécois in a byelection in the Quebec City riding of Jean-Talon.

    • ram@bookwormstory.socialOPEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      They have control over prices. That control isn’t “supply and demand”. It’s just price regulation.

      Also why did you immediately take me in bad faith? Just declaring “your argument’s fake” as you continue to seemingly refuse to grasp what the words “supply and demand” mean. You can be supportive of the law, that’s fine. But falsely claiming that it’s a response to the supply being less than what’s demanded when there’s literally no indication of that, and only the indication that Legault wants to protect the French language, does you no favours.

      • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
        21·
        1 year ago

        They have control over prices.

        Not really. The universities set the prices; the government pitches in the Québec and Canadian student discounts.

        Aka, if program X costs $27k, it’s the same price for everyone. University Y gets $27k regardless of who the student is.

        If the student is Quebecois.e then they pay $2880 and the province pays $24,120.

        If the student is Canadian (or French or Belgian) they pay $9,000 and the province pays $18,000.

        If the student is foreign, they pay $27,000 and the government pays nothing.

        If that program becomes $37k. The province still pays $24,120, $18,000 or $0. The students pay $12,880, $19,000, or $37,000.

        The only price controls the government has is what discount they offer to QC and CAN students. The universities are private and set their own tuition costs.