Quebec Liberals call to investigate closures of French-language classes for newcomers
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MONTREAL — The Quebec Liberal Party is calling for an investigation after reports that some French-language training courses for newcomers have been cancelled.
The party’s official opposition critic for immigration, French language classes and integration says he sent a letter to the province’s French language commissioner to “ensure that the right to French learning services” is being respected.
The Liberals are blaming the Coalition Avenir Québec government’s budgetary decisions for the closures, adding immigrants will have a harder time becoming fluent in French and integrating into Quebec society without the classes.
In several interviews this week, Quebec’s Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge blamed school service centres for the closures, saying his government has actually increased budgets for French-language courses.
