Immigrant Students Dept: The bill proposes that such students may be admitted to English-language public schools after being assessed according to a grid and a point system defined by the Ministry of Education. It would make the transfer difficult but not impossible, according to Minister of Education Michelle Courchesne, according to Globe And Mail. According to the Parti Quecois, the Liberal government may regret having opened up a debate that could focus attention on the survival of the French language in Quebec and upset the province’s social and linguistic peace and a bill was tabled on Wednesday to comply with last fall’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling that struck down provisions in the language law that prevented francophone and immigrant students – mainly from wealthy families – who attended private, non-subsidized, English-language schools from becoming eligible to transfer to English-language public schools. “We aren’t saying it will be impossible,” she said. “We are saying that we are tightening the rules to the maximum to ensure the spirit of the French Language Charter and our laws that state that in Quebec teaching is conducted in French.” As
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