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CBC
11-06-2025
- Business
- CBC
Quebec says it will impose out-of-province tuition hike despite court ruling
Social Sharing Despite a court ruling striking down its tuition hikes for out-of-province Canadian students, the Quebec government will not appeal the decision. Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry said the court found fault with the rationale for the increases — not the increases themselves — and says the government intends to stay the course. In a social media post on Tuesday, Déry said the court had not overturned the government's move to increase tuition by 33 per cent for out-of-province Canadian students. "We are standing by the decision. We firmly believe it is not the Quebec government's role to ensure financial accessibility to education for non-Quebecers," she said, noting that she wanted to "set the record straight" about the ruling after claiming it was misreported by Montreal news outlets. In April, Quebec Superior Court Justice Éric Dufour said the government lacked data to support its claims that out-of-province students weren't integrating into Quebec society. "The evidence shows that the ministry has absolutely no data on this subject, or only fragile information to back it up," he wrote in his ruling. Dufour gave the government a nine-month timeline to revise the fee structure, but maintained the tuition increase for that time frame. He also threw out the province's requirement to have 80 per cent of out-of-province undergraduate students at English-language universities reach an intermediate level of proficiency in French by graduation, calling the expectation "unreasonable given the near-certain impossibility of achievement." WATCH | What does the ruling mean? Quebec court strikes down tuition hike for out-of-province students 2 months ago Duration 1:43 The heads of Quebec's English universities criticized the move, saying the increase in tuition fees made their programs unappealing to students across the country. Last month, Concordia reported it anticipates a deficit of nearly $32 million for the 2025–26 academic year, while McGill has already put in place measures to cut $45 million from its 2025-26 budget to eliminate operating deficits over the next three years. Vannina Maestracci, a spokesperson for Concordia, said in an email on Tuesday that the university was "astonished" by the higher education minister's comments, which suggest the government will return to court with new arguments to justify the tuition increase. "We had hoped that the decision by the Superior Court in April could mark a reset of our relationship with the government," Maestracci wrote. "The comments, made one day after the end of the appeal period, make it clear that this is not the case." No plans to appeal Simon Savignac, a spokesperson for Déry, said the province will not try to fight the judge's orders. Over the next few months, the province will try to rework the rules and find another rationale for the hike. But he pointed out that the ruling recognizes the government's right to take steps to protect French. "The ruling not only supports the measure aimed at correcting the financial imbalance between English-language and French-language universities, it also recognizes the government's responsibility to take the necessary steps to protect the French language in Quebec," Savignac said. Savignac said the government still believes "it is not the responsibility of the Quebec government to guarantee financial accessibility to education for non-Quebecers." He added that the government "will continue discussions with English-speaking universities over the coming weeks" about out-of-province students' knowledge of French.
CTV News
10-06-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Quebec government will not appeal court ruling scrapping out-of-province tuition hike
McGill University in Montreal is seen on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it won't appeal a court decision overturning a university tuition hike for out-of-province students. But the province is not backing down, with the office of the higher education minister saying the government isn't obliged to guarantee access to Quebec universities for non-Quebecers. The statement by Pascale Déry's office did not give details on the government's next move. Quebec decided in 2023 to hike out-of-province tuition by 33 per cent to reduce the number of English-speaking students in the province, but a Superior Court judge in April found the increase was unreasonable and not justified by data. The ruling gave the government nine months to revise its tuition plan, and also overturned new French-language proficiency requirements for out-of-province students at English-language universities. The government says it will hold discussions with the universities about those requirements in the coming weeks. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 10, 2025.
CTV News
30-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
NS government removes more trade barriers
Atlantic Watch The Nova Scotia government allowing a wider range of out-of-province commercial trucks on the roads.
CTV News
06-05-2025
- CTV News
Police in Gatineau, Que., issue tickets for out-of-province licence plates after receiving 1,400 tips
An Ontario licence plate on Tuesday. Gatineau Police are cracking down on residents with out-of-province plates on their vehicles. (Peter Szperling/CTV News Ottawa)
