Ready ? Not ready ? Francization Québec, which today puts into operation 1er its one-stop-shop online, is on track and the Minister of Immigration, while understanding the doubts this raises, calls for us to give “the runner a chance”.
“We want to standardize the approach and that’s sure to change the working methods. I can understand that it creates concerns, but let’s give the runner a chance, it’s been online for a few hours, “said Christine Fréchette in an interview with the Duty.
Insofar as it will centralize all requests for francization services, this web platform worries the opposition parties, but especially the school network, which sees its expertise left aside, as revealed The duty THURSDAY.
Member of the advisory committee of Francisation Quebec as a representative of the Association of school administrators, Diane Laberge deplored that the grievances of the school network were not heard more. “We take his orders and we execute,” she said. According to information from Duty, it is not the only one to have fears, in particular regarding the delays which could lengthen.
Opposition attacks
“At the CAQ, draftsmen and muddlers as they are, they don’t seem ready, today, to put Francisation Québec forward in a functional and effective way. They are wondering […] if the computer system will hold up, if it is adapted,” declared the interim leader of the Liberal Party, Marc Tanguay.
The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, said he hoped not to arrive at another “SAAQclic”, in reference to the online platform of the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec which experienced failures at its launch. in spring. It also notes that the expertise in francization held by the actors of the education network is not valued within this new one-stop shop.
“You put aside the expertise in education, you centralize everything but within the framework of a coordination which risks leading us to many problems”, he said.
The Minister of Immigration, Francisation and Integration, Christine Fréchette, is reassuring. “I’m confident it will work. I regularly saw the evolution of the work with the teams concerned, and the [possibles problèmes] cyberattacks, malfunctions, the massive influx of new registrants, all of this was planned [d’avance] “, she said.
For meme Fréchette, the Auditor General having described the francization system as a fiasco in 2017, a change of approach was needed. “The opposition parties said he would do something and didn’t. We are taking action. »
As for the dissatisfaction of some who have so far managed francization in the school network, Ms.me Fréchette believes that on the individual level there may be perceptions, but on the institutional level, “there is a partnership that has been renewed with the Ministry of Education and its network,” she assured. .
The Minister understands that the high volume of registrations that the platform is likely to receive in the coming weeks is causing some fears, but she assures that her department will be able to process requests for French courses within 50 days. “There is a reorganization underway with the new structure and we are committed to enforcing our standard despite the expansion of the clientele. »
With Marie-Michele Sioui