Modern, Safe & Inclusive Schools

Our children deserve to learn in schools that are physically safe, emotionally inclusive, and academically sound. The CaPQ will invest in retrofitting and modernizing Quebec’s aging school infrastructure — particularly ventilation systems — to ensure students and educators are learning and working in healthy environments.

We will immediately lift the Bill 21-imposed restrictions on hiring based on religious dress, which have unfairly excluded qualified educators. A 21st-century education system must reflect the diversity of Canada and allow the best teachers to serve regardless of religious expression.

In both English and French schools, The CaPQ will improve the quality of French language education by emphasizing effective teaching tools like daily dictation, grammar exercises, and exposure to literature. Quebec students deserve to graduate with strong bilingual skills — without the need for punitive or exclusionary policies.

Pedagogy over Policing: Refocusing Language Promotion The Office Québécois de la langue française (OQLF) has strayed from its original educational mission and now acts more like language police than public educators. The CaPQ will place the OQLF under the Ministry of Education and revise its mandate to focus on pedagogy — not punishment. Instead of surveillance and signage crackdowns, resources will go to teacher training, improved curriculum, and classroom support.

We will also reallocate the CAQ’s proposed $20 million OQLF budget increase toward educational priorities like infrastructure improvements and updated learning materials — investments that strengthen French through empowerment, not fear.

What this means for Quebecers:

• Healthier, modern classrooms that meet today’s environmental and health standards

• An inclusive educational environment that reflects Canadian values of diversity and pluralism

• A stronger foundation in French through teaching excellence, not coercion

• A modern, constructive approach to promoting French that supports students and educators — not punishes them