A Montreal college is facing $30 million in fines from the Quebec government for having too many students in its English-language programs.
Claude Marchand, president of LaSalle College, says the fines, which relate to quotas imposed under Quebec’s 2022 language law, threaten the survival of the 65-year-old bilingual institution.
“A $30 million fine is not only disproportionate—it is unprecedented in the Quebec education system and beyond,” Marchand says in a statement written in French. “It represents an existential threat to our institution, our students and hundreds of jobs.”
The college has asked the Quebec Superior Court to overturn the fines, arguing they are unreasonable….