Quebec ups French university students' tuition

By Geoffrey Vendeville. Quebec is tripling the tuition fee for university students from France, the province’s international relations minister announced on Thursday.
As of September, French students enrolling in a bachelor’s program in Quebec will have to pay the same tuition as Canadians from other provinces — $6,650 a year — instead of the average Quebec fee, roughly $2,200.
“The francophone student who comes here from Moncton pays $6,650 while a French student paid the same as a Québécois. So what we’re doing is we are giving them the same advantages that we’re offering Canadian students who are non-residents of Quebec,” said minister Christine St-Pierre at the National Assembly.
She expects the number of French students in Quebec — 12,500 last year — to stay the same despite the tuition hike. “Compared to what (other) international students pay, it’s still a very, very privileged rate for French students,” she said. Tuition for international students is between $12,000 and $16,000. More...