Tuition hikes: Government chooses path that could ruin Quebec’s English universities
The Quebec Community Groups Network is bitterly disappointed that the Legault government appears to be continuing along a path that could bring ruin to Quebec’s three English universities.
News reports suggest the government has determined its final position on tuition increases for out-of-province students. Measures would include a 33 per cent tuition increase for undergraduate students coming to Quebec from other Canadian provinces; an impossible demand to “francicize” 80 per cent of all out-of-province students, including international students, or face penalties; as well as a transfer of additional revenues – if there are any – to the French-language university sector. “These are clear existential threats to the three universities that attract the greatest number of students from outside Quebec: McGill, Concordia and Bishop’s,” said Ludvig.