The Quebec Premier’s nationalist reflexes are kicking in again
McGill University on Oct. 13 in Montreal. The Quebec government is raising tuition rates for out-of-province and international students beginning in 2024.Successive provincial governments have been torn between the economic dividends yielded by wealthy anglophone institutions and remedying the historic disadvantages faced by much poorer francophone ones. They never seem to get the balance right.
The Couillard-era policy also helped francophone universities raise more revenue, including the cash-strapped affiliates of the Université du Québec in smaller regional cities such as Trois-Rivières, Chicoutimi and Rimouski. But the fruits have largely gone to McGill and, as well as smaller Bishop’s University in Sherbrooke, which all have a much higher proportion of foreign students than the 10-institution UQ system.
That is not the only reason the Couillard-era policy has been unpopular in French Quebec. It has led to thousands more foreign students arriving in Montreal since 2018. International students have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars a year into the local economy. But, combined with thousands of temporary foreign workers, their arrival has raised concerns about the increased presence of English in Quebec’s largest city.
Indeed, Mr. Legault himself seemed shaky on the details of his own government’s policy. He was unable to say whether students from other provinces would be spared the tuition fee increase if they attend a francophone– according to Ms. Déry’s proposal, they would not – even though they could not conceivably be accused of contributing to the anglicization of Quebec.
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