MENTORS
  • News
  • Business
  • Self Growth
  • Mentors Collective Podcast
    • Apply As Guest
    • Listen on Spotify
    • Listen on Apple
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Register
MENTORS
  • News
  • Business
  • Self Growth
  • Mentors Collective Podcast
    • Apply As Guest
    • Listen on Spotify
    • Listen on Apple
No Result
View All Result
MENTORS
No Result
View All Result

The devastating implications of Dawson College’s fund cuts

Jay Feldman<span class="bp-verified-badge"></span> by Jay Feldman
March 2, 2022
in News
people wearing backpacks

Photo by Stanley Morales on Pexels.com

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedIn

In 2020, Montreal’s Dawson College was promised $100 million in fast-tracked funds. This was to compensate for a well-documented space shortage recognized by the standards of the ministry for higher education in Quebec. Wrongly labeled as an “expansion project” to support fears of the Anglicization of the population, these funds would not have increased student admissions but instead provided much needed space.

Premier of Quebec François Legault, leader of the nationalist « Coalition Avenir Quebec » (CAQ), stands by the decision to cancel funding for Dawson College. As can be expected, its French-language counterparts in the junior college system, or Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel (CEGEPs), become the recipient of the funds.

“This should come to no surprise to anyone,” says Giovanni Bisciglia a political activist and health worker.

« Being an election year, the CAQ hinges on the protection of the French language against English speakers. This shows loyalty to (both) separatists and nationalists, a move that will undoubtedly increase support. » He continued « More importantly we are getting a prevue of how Quebec may look like after Bill 96 (Projet de loi n° 96): “An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec.” Becomes law. It stipulates in the preamble :The purpose of this bill is to affirm that the only official language of Québec is French. It also affirms that French is the common language of the Québec nation. ». How is this going to impact the 1 million English speakers of the province and its anglophone institutes?

Mr. Bisciglia is concerned because « the linguistic Robin Hood of Premier Legault  stealing from the English institutions and giving it to French institutions is a symptom of a much larger and systemic problem : a restructuring of Quebec society beyond language  politics into the erosion of basic equality by replacing it with favoritism (the very heart of bill 96).  He quotes a section of the proposed Bill: « “Whereas, in accordance with parliamentary sovereignty, it is incumbent on the Parliament of Québec to confirm the status of French as the official language and the common language….while ensuring a balance between the collective rights of the Québec nation and human rights and freedoms;”. » And I quote:

« The bill specifies that it has effect despite certain provisions of the Charter of human rights and freedoms and the Constitution Act, 1982. »

« You have 2 categories of rights in Bill 96 collective rights of the Quebec nation and individual rights where the collective is decided by the majority French population. Where does that leave the non francophones and English institutions like Dawson College? On top of that, Bill 96 is also in effect regardless of established constitutional rights! » Remember that Quebec invoked section 33(the nonwithstanding clause which allows a province to bypass large sections of federal Canadian charter of rights and freedoms for 5 years). »

Bisciglia states: « What we are witnessing with Dawson College is the beginning of the creation of a hierarchy of needs defined by the majority where the needs of the Franco majority must always trump any other needs. Hence a society which will ignore the needs of minority, and in particular anglophones. »

Bisciglia quotes another section of Bill 96: « CHAPTER VIII.2 THE COMMON LANGUAGE

“88.9. As the common language of the Québec nation, French is, among other things, (2) the language of intercultural communication that enables all Quebecers to participate in public life in Québec society »

If you are a unilingual anglophone or italophone or of any other language group you cannot participate in Quebec society. Read carefully, they have managed to legislate in what language you are to communicate inter-culturally: Can I legally speak in English to a unilingual polish immigrant if French is « the language of intercultural communication »?

If you take the sum total of the articles of Bill 96 and what is happening with Dawson and thx political shift it’s pointing to one conclusion : Quebec minorities stripped of the protection (of the law now constructed)  to favour the French majority with no possibility of remedy are becoming part of  a North American « untouchable » class in society. I am referring to the Indian caste system. Dawson College is its first casualty.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/local/montreal/2022/1/31/1_5761243.html
Jay Feldman<span class="bp-verified-badge"></span>

Jay Feldman

I am an Osteopathic doctor with a love for business, traveling, and animals. I hope to give back to the community through empowering individuals to help others through media and business. I love learning new things and sharing them with the world. I hope you enjoy my page.

Related Posts

edit post
Screenshot 2023-02-01 at 8.58.16 AM
Featured

Decide It’s Your Turn® – The Podcast for Building Your Inner Confidence

Having confidence can greatly impact an individual's overall success and happiness

by Lewis Schenk
February 2, 2023
254
edit post
News

YOUNG S.H.O I DID IT FOR JOHNSTON!!!

Shannon D Collins, better known as YOUNG S.H.O or SPL S.H.O with the hit single ( BACHATA WIT DA...

by Dawn Wells
February 2, 2023
250
edit post
Our Hard-and-Fast Rules for Success
Featured

Our Hard-and-Fast Rules for Success

One of the key questions Bill was sure to ask at these meetings was what each entrepreneur believed were...

by Mentors Collective Staff
February 1, 2023
251
edit post
Three Tips to Address Tough Questions your Team Asks about a Change
Featured

Three Tips to Address Tough Questions your Team Asks about a Change

While good change leadership is about more than communication, launching a new change and getting your team on board...

by Mentors Collective Staff
February 1, 2023
256
Next Post
edit post
Quiver Quantitative Closes $2m Funding Round

Quiver Quantitative Closes $2m Funding Round

Popular posts

  • I.O.I: Where Are They Now?
  • What Mahatma Gandhi Can Teach Qantas and Other Businesses about Customer Service
  • Navigating Recessionary Headwinds by Driving Efficiency in the Back Office
  • Understanding the Fundamentals of Real Estate Investing: Insights from Sam Primm
  • Quixotic Design Co.: Driving Women-Owned Businesses to the Top of Their Industries

Popular Tags

American Benefits brand Business business tips career coach covid-19 digital marketing economy employee Entrepreneur entrepreneurship featured finance Health inflation influencer investment Investor job leadership marketing Medical School mentor mentorship money News pandemic personal development plan recession Residency retirement small business social media sponsored startup strategy success tax technology tips work workplace
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • Free Mentorship
  • Show Your Support
  • Become a Contributor
  • Apply As Guest
  • Listen on Apple
  • Listen on Spotify
Mentors Collective Success Magazine

Owned by Otter Love LLC

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Business
  • Self Growth
  • Mentors Collective Podcast
    • Apply As Guest
    • Listen on Spotify
    • Listen on Apple

Owned by Otter Love LLC

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Go to mobile version