The cash will be used to reopen French classes because of magnitude of the increase in demand for them, Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge says.
QUEBEC — Under intense pressure to act, the Legault government has decided to hand $10 million to Quebec’s school service centres and schools board to reopen francization classes, which had been closed because they were short of funds.
After weeks of saying there was no additional money and blaming the school service centres for having exhausted their annual funding too soon, Roberge said the magnitude of the increase in demand for such services has forced Quebec to act.
The money is not new, but has been reallocated from funding for part-time courses, a program the government has also scaled back.