Quebec plans 603 million over five years to slow the decline of French

The Quebec government will invest $603 million over five years to slow the decline of French. The majority of the budget will be dedicated to the Frenchization of temporary foreign workers and asylum seekers.

Some 320 million will be used to increase the francization of temporary foreign workers. The government also wants to increase the proportion of people from economic immigration who know French.

The Legault government will invest 187 million to increase the French-speaking cultural offering and its accessibility. He also wants to increase the availability and promotion of French-speaking products on digital platforms.

Quebec will also focus on international students, in particular by accelerating the obtaining of their permanent residence if they are graduates of French-speaking programs. It also wishes to attract and retain a greater number of French-speaking and Francotropic international students, that is, students whose mother tongue is not French, but who come from a culture or region with affinities with this language.

Then, Quebec will invest 65 million to improve the mastery of French among Quebec pupils and students and nearly 13 million to strengthen the attachment of Quebecers to the French language and promote its influence.

Finally, 18 million will be used to annually monitor indicators of the linguistic situation in Quebec.

More details to come