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A Parti Québécois government headed by leadership candidate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon would not hesitate to take “forceful measures” to promote French, even if those measures are a source of disagreement.

St-Pierre Plamondon would reduce funding to English-language CEGEPs that are “anglicizing Quebec,” according to the language plank of the candidate’s platform, a copy of which was obtained by the Presse Canadienne late Tuesday.

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Quebec’s last PQ government — headed by Pauline Marois — eventually backed off an attempt to compel immigrant students to attend French-language CEGEPs.

If elected party leader and should the PQ form the government in the next provincial election in 2022, St-Pierre Plamondon intends to restore francophones’ confidence in their language, arguing that because they lack “confidence of the viability of their language in 100 years” that they are enrolling in English-language CEGEPs.