dowlingm
Senior Member
Unfortunate that Doug Ford dismissed his lack of ability in French as something he would only need to reach Quebecers. That said, a Toronto French university will service French speaking immigrants and migrants from elsewhere in Canada.Looks like it's one of the things that survived the election so far:
https://news.ontario.ca/maesd/en/20...-implementing-french-language-university.html
That being said, I think another French university in the north-east (Ottawa?) where the Franco-Ontarians are located would not be a bad idea to ward off language attrition- something this university won't do.
As for an additional university in northern Ontario, I can understand why there is a desire in some communities not to lose their kids to Toronto, Ottawa or even Sudbury as this may induce them to stay rather than return. At the same time, universities need to be able to recruit and retain a critical mass of staff to deliver a credible number of programmes, even operating as an offshoot of a larger school like Laurentian like the one in Hearst. It's questionable as to how many of those northern Ontario can successfully support.