The Québec Superior Court has ruled partially in favour of Concordia University and McGill University in its recent case. The court struck down the French language requirements and tuition hike that the provincial government attempted to impose on out-of-province Canadian university students in Québec. Judge Éric Dufour reportedly refuted the province’s claims that out-of-province students were not integrating into Quebec society, stating “the evidence shows that the ministry has absolutely no data on this subject, or only fragile information to back it up.” Dufour has given the Government of Québec nine months to revise its fee structure for out-of-province Canadian students and has ruled that the language requirements are immediately invalidated. International student fee increases have been left unchanged.
