In the Action Plan for Official Languages 2018‑2023, the government announced the creation of a bursary program for French-as-a-second-language students, that is, students from immersion schools or English-language school boards who want to study in French at the post-secondary level. This is most commendable. ACUFC manages this program, and it's a great success.
However, we see an inequity in that no equivalent program exists for francophones, in a context where francophone students studying in French in Canada end up with more debt than anglophone students. One of the reasons for this is that, to access French-language post-secondary institutions, they have to travel longer distances, which means additional costs. We just want an equivalent program to correct this inequity and facilitate access to post-secondary studies in French across the country.