Hanes: Young Quebecers are pawns in political chess match over CEGEPs

 Funny how no one is talking about the quality of French being learned by francophones these days. When he presented his brief on Bill 96, Karl Blackburn, the president of the Conseil du patronat , referred to research showing 53 per cent of Quebecers between the ages of 18 and 64 can’t read or are functionally illiterate. He called the fact French is so weak among francophones “a national catastrophe” that demands immediate redress.

Hanes: Young Quebecers are pawns in political chess match over CEGEPs (msn.com)