Attention News Editors
\nFor Immediate Release<\/p>\n
The Education For All Collective demands that the Quebec government act urgently to ensure that all non-status children can attend primary and secondary school<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Collective members and allies to gather at the NDG offices of the new Quebec Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion, Kathleen Weil<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n April 29, 2014, Montreal — The Collectif \u00e9ducation sans fronti\u00e8res (Education For All Collective) is organizing a press point and gathering today – Tuesday, April 29 at 10am – to urgently demand that all non-status children be allowed access to Quebec\u2019s primary and secondary schools for free.<\/p>\n The new Cabinet ministers for the Ministry of Education (Yves Bolduc from Quebec City) and the newly named Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion (Kathleen Weil from Notre-Dame-de-Grace in Montreal) have been appointed, and the Education for All collective is demanding that they act urgently to ensure that another school year isn\u2019t lost to non-status children.<\/p>\n \u201cQuebec is a shameful exception when it comes to allowing non-status kids to attend primary and secondary school,\u201d states Linda Guerry, a researcher and member of the\u00a0Collectif \u00e9ducation sans fronti\u00e8res.<\/p>\n Guerry adds: \u00a0\u201cFor comparison, non-status kids in the United States, France and Canadian cities like Toronto can attend school for free.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0Collectif \u00e9ducation sans fronti\u00e8res\u00a0asserts that the previous Quebec government neglected this issue during their mandate. When the previous Education Minister, Marie\u00a0Malavoy, issued directives to school boards in June 2013, she ignored non-status children, who are required to pay upwards of $5000-6000 per year to attend school.<\/p>\n Anne Buisson, a Cegep professor and also a member of the\u00a0Collectif \u00e9ducation sans fronti\u00e8res,\u00a0states: \u201cThe new Minister of Education, Yves Bolduc, with the support of the Minister of Immigration, can issue clear\u00a0directives to all school boards to allow access to non-status children, and to end the injustice facing Quebec\u2019s non-status families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n – 30 –<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n The issue is explored in detail in the following document:\u00a0www.solidarityacrossborders. More detailed background information is also available here:\u00a0www.solidarityacrossborders. All Quebec members of the National Assembly have been contacted about this issue as well; you can read the letter sent to them here:\u00a0www.solidarityacrossborders. Info: <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Attention News Editors For Immediate Release The Education For All Collective demands that the Quebec government act urgently to ensure that all non-status children can attend primary and secondary school Collective members and allies to gather at the NDG offices…<\/p>\n
\ndate: Tuesday, April 29
\ntime: 10am
\nlocation: 5252, de Maisonneuve Ouest (m\u00e9tro Vend\u00f4me)
\n(at the constituency office of the new Quebec Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion)<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n
\nLinda Guerry:\u00a0514-771-1647<\/a>
\nJaggi Singh:\u00a0438-933-7654<\/a>
\ne-mail:\u00a0solidaritesansfrontieres@
\nwww.solidaritesansfrontieres.
\n438-933-7654<\/a>
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