{"id":3698,"date":"2025-04-24T20:51:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/?post_type=actualite&p=3698"},"modified":"2025-04-25T17:09:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:09:40","slug":"pl94-but","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/actualites\/pl94-but\/","title":{"rendered":"PL94 – But In agreement on the Ends, but Concerned about the Means"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3698","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"image":3693,"image_tablette":3691,"image_mobile":3689,"push":false,"push_message":"","contenu_flexible":[{"acf_fc_layout":"1_colonne","texte":"[video width=\"326\" height=\"82\" mp4=\"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/04\/audio-anglais-PL94.mp4\"][\/video]\r\n\r\nDuring its appearance before the Parliamentary Committee on Bill 94, the Centrale des syndicats du Qu\u00e9bec (CSQ) stated that, while it supports the objectives, it remains uncertain about the proposed means.\r\n\r\nCSQ President \u00c9ric Gingras presented the brief alongside F\u00e9d\u00e9ration du personnel de soutien scolaire (FPSS-CSQ) President \u00c9ric Pronovost and F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des professionnelles et professionnels de l\u2019\u00e9ducation du Qu\u00e9bec (FPPE-CSQ) President Jacques Landry.\r\n\r\nTo begin with, \u00c9ric Pronovost emphasizes that \u201cWe fully support the objectives of the bill: to defend secularism and gender equality in the education system, as well as to ensure the quality of educational services. We reiterate our full cooperation in helping the government and the Ministry address the challenges facing our educational system.\u00a0But several of the measures being proposed are of concern to us because of some questionable conflations and anticipated harmful effects, particularly for those working in our schools and on the life of the community.\u201d\r\n\r\nA Step Back is Needed<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWith this in mind, the CSQ and its federations are proposing a step back from certain measures and are asking that school system workers be consulted on them. More specifically, the CSQ is calling for a moratorium on the ban on the wearing of religious symbols for all school system staff in order to better analyze the impacts on the community.\r\n\r\nThey are also recommending withdrawing the following provisions in order to better assess them: those modifying the rights and obligations of teachers, those requiring the submission of pedagogical planning and annual evaluations of all teachers in the public school system, the measure dealing with the creation of committees on the quality of educational services, and the measure on the publication of a ministerial guide on best practices.\r\n\r\nFPSS-CSQ President \u00c9ric Pronovost maintains that \u201cthe intentions behind the bill may be laudable, but if poorly implemented, they risk exacerbating the shortages in our schools, depriving students of essential services, and further weakening the education system. It is possible to respect the values of secularism while protecting the fundamental rights of educational staff.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cRegarding the use of French with students, we would like an exemption for students with disabilities. Everyone knows that these students often have significant developmental limitations. We believe this needs to be taken into account with an exemption. Professional staff must be given the autonomy required to determine, in their opinion, what measures are appropriate,\u201d adds FPPE-CSQ President Jacques Landry.\r\n\r\nThe CSQ and its federations feel that, even though it is not the Ministry\u2019s intention, when it addresses problems related to exceptional cases as relevant to the entire public school system and responds with a series of regressive measures against staff, the vast majority of whom are women, the government is sending a demeaning message. Finally, the union leaders share the concerns of other stakeholders about the use of power to apply exemptions to our charters.\r\n\r\n\u201cOur education system is maintained by more than a hundred thousand competent and dedicated workers. What they need is more recognition, more appreciation, and sufficient resources at the disposal of the communities. This is why we are calling for a broad collective reflection on the future of education and equal opportunity,\u201d concludes CSQ President \u00c9ric Gingras.\r\n\r\nTo view the CSQ brief, click here<\/a>.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/INWM8Bej22Q\r\n\r\n ","couleur":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/3698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualite"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpss.lacsq.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}