QC university leaders draft joint response to QC Bill 1

The heads of Québec’s universities have published a joint response to the Government of Quebec’s Bill 1, offering suggestions for the province’s new constitution. The university leaders have called on QC to incorporate the principles of academic freedom and academic autonomy into the bill, which they say would protect the mission and identity of universities in the province. In the letter, they cite previous motions by the government that recognize these principles and urge QC to continue to honour them through acknowledgement in Bill 1. Public consultations on the constitution are ongoing.