François Legault: Difference between revisions

 

Bill 40 was passed to expropriate school boards that have been running in English style for 175 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-education-reform-school-boards-1.5457100|title=Quebec passes education reforms abolishing school boards|date=February 8, 2020|work=CBC News|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> This did not include nine English school boards. But the move is seen as further undermining English-language education in the province.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/quebecs-bill-40-further-undermines-the-provinces-english-language-school-system-131595|title=Québec's Bill 40 further undermines the province's English-language school system|last=Bourhis|first=Richard|website=The Conversation|date=24 February 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref>

In April 2022, following a [[controversy over academic freedom at the University of Ottawa]], the Legault government tabled Bill 32, a bill on [[Academic freedom]] in universities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quebec moves to shore up academic freedom with controversial bill |date=2022-04-06 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608204739/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/academic-freedom-bill-tabled-1.6410128 |archive-date=2023-06-08 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/academic-freedom-bill-tabled-1.6410128}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-tables-bill-32-to-protect-academic-freedom-in-universities | title=Quebec tables Bill 32 to protect academic freedom in universities }}</ref> The bill passed in June 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-passes-controversial-bill-to-protect-academic-freedom-1.5932032 | title=Quebec passes controversial bill to protect academic freedom | date=3 June 2022 }}</ref>

 

{{Main|2023 Quebec public sector strikes}}

In December 2023, half a million public sector workers went on strike.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-13 |title=More than half a million Quebec public-sector workers are on strike. Here's what to know |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-quebec-strike-explained/ |access-date=2023-12-20}}</ref> The provincial government has said it hopes to reach a deal with the unions before 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quebec public sector unions threaten unlimited strike in new year - Montreal {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10181892/quebec-public-sector-unlimited-strike-threat/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref>

 

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