(Trois-Rivières) As the Parti Québécois convention opens on Saturday, PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he is not ready for free education for all, while the youth wing is offering “gradual free”.
“I find it hard to imagine that we could pay university to a family that earns $ 500,000 a year,” said Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the Parti Québécois, during a press scrum before the start of the congress. The latter maintains that choices must be made and that free education was aimed at “families with less means”. The chief recalled that before offering free education for all, there were other priorities such as “the protection of children and the elderly”.
Among the proposals that will be debated during the day, it will notably be a question of “guaranteeing free education from primary to university. Asked whether the position of the PQ leader is in contradiction with this objective, Marie-Laurence Desgagné, president of the National Youth Committee of the Parti Quebecois, specifies that the free admission would be “gradual”. “This is not irreconcilable with the position of the leader who first proposes to offer free education to those who need it most,” she said.
Mme Desgagné added that the objective was not necessarily to apply free education overnight “if Quebecers are not there”.
During the day, the issues debated will notably be the reduction in demand for transport, free feminine hygiene products, the end of segregationist practices in private schools, the establishment of a process for the dismissal of elected officials. , or even facilitate party activities in high schools, CEGEPs and universities.
With The Canadian Press