Encouraging bilingualism

Resolution #136 : Encouraging bilingualism (Official French version)

A government of the Conservative Party of Québec will put in place the following language policy.

The Conservative Party of Québec will:

• protect Québec’s francophone character, its charm, and French as Québec’s common language, by equipping students of all levels, of all native languages and of all ages with French improvement programs.
• focus more on attraction to French rather than coercion.
• offer parents tax credits to offset the costs associated with learning French and English, for their offspring and for themselves.
• match Québec schools with schools from other Canadian provinces in new immersion programs in partnership.
• give young people in Québec the taste for learning languages, and will interest young children in bilingualism, first in Canada's two official languages, and then in learning a third language.
• support Canadian organizations and associations dedicated to the French language and bilingualism throughout Canada and the English language and bilingualism in Québec.