Controversy in Quebec as more French students choose English college
MONTREAL — Simon Berube loves Quebec, its culture, French language and people, but he and his parents decided the best thing he could do for his future was to enrol in one of the province’s English-language junior colleges.
Berube, 18, is a francophone and as such was not allowed to attend English primary or secondary school because of the province’s Bill 101 language law.
But he and a growing number of his peers are choosing to attend Quebec’s pre-university English junior colleges, which are not subject to the law.
“Some people want to travel, experience things in other parts of the world and English is the key,” Berube, who comes from Quebec’s Eastern Townships, said in an interview.