The PQ wants Dawson College removed from Quebec's list of infrastructure projects

QUEBEC CITY -- The Parti Quebecois (PQ) is urging the government to remove Dawson College from its list of infrastructure projects it wants to speed up.

The largest English-speaking CEGEP in Quebec is listed in Schedule 1 of Bill 66, which is currently being studied in the National Assembly.

According to new PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the Legault government, which claims to be nationalist, should prioritize expansion projects for French-speaking CEGEPs.

• WATCH: Meet the PQ's new leader

The PQ will present a motion on Wednesday inviting the government to recognize the "linguistic emergency," particularly in Montreal.

"French-speaking CEGEPs also have urgent needs," St-Pierre Plamondon said at a news briefing.

"The number of places in English-speaking CEGEPs will exceed the number of places in French-speaking CEGEPs in Montreal, (and) we want to immediately reverse the trend."

The Legault government is in the process of “accelerating anglicization,” the PQ said.

"There is no question of concessions", insisted St-Pierre Plamondon.

-- this report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2020.