Quebec Culture and Citizenship Course: The PQ wants to make it a counterweight to Netflix
Transhumanism, artificial intelligence, systemic discrimination: the new Quebec Culture and Citizenship course is a catch-all and must be thoroughly revised in order to focus on cultural heritage, says the Parti Québécois.
"What indicates that this is a Quebec course? Almost nothing. We miss the point. It's called Quebec citizenship and culture. However, we see almost nothing about Quebec citizenship and nothing about Quebec culture," laments PQ MNA Pascal Bérubé.
Since the beginning of the school year, the new course has replaced the Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) program, where religion occupied too much of a place, in the eyes of the Legault government.
The PQ is pleased with this, having been calling for the abolition of the ERC course for years.
However, Pascal Bérubé deplores the fact that the program, offered from the first year to the end of high school, has become a way to cover content that did not find its place elsewhere in the schedule.
"Wokism"As columnist Antoine Robitaille wrote in the pages of the Journal, teachers will have to address broad themes such as eco-responsibility, digital communication and transhumanism, in addition to integrating sex education.
Other subjects, such as systemic discrimination (a concept rejected by the CAQ) or "sex assigned at birth,"
also raise eyebrows for Pascal Bérubé.
The presence of these elements is surprising for "a government so allergic to wokism," says the MNA for Matane-Matapédia.
"These two concepts are appearing, under the CAQ, in the textbooks of all schools," he says. "I have the impression that the minister did not look at what was happening."
Quebec cultureAs a result, the Parti Québécois is asking the Legault government to review the program in depth.
According to Pascal Bérubé, Quebec must make "significant changes" in order to promote Quebec's cultural heritage. He proposes to entrust the mandate to experts in order to come up with a renewed offer next fall.
The MP does not offer concrete examples, but the school curriculum could include Quebec filmography, literature and song.
"In a world dominated by Netflix and Anglo-Saxon culture, Quebec schools must leave an important place for the transmission of cultural heritage," says the PQ MP.
ImmigrationThis lesson is all the more important because many children of immigrants have not been exposed to Quebec's soil.
"Schools must be the crucible of this culture," says Pascal Bérubé.
"What indicates that this is a Quebec course? Almost nothing. We miss the point. It's called Quebec citizenship and culture. However, we see almost nothing about Quebec citizenship and nothing about Quebec culture," laments PQ MNA Pascal Bérubé.
Since the beginning of the school year, the new course has replaced the Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) program, where religion occupied too much of a place, in the eyes of the Legault government.
The PQ is pleased with this, having been calling for the abolition of the ERC course for years.
However, Pascal Bérubé deplores the fact that the program, offered from the first year to the end of high school, has become a way to cover content that did not find its place elsewhere in the schedule.
"Wokism"As columnist Antoine Robitaille wrote in the pages of the Journal, teachers will have to address broad themes such as eco-responsibility, digital communication and transhumanism, in addition to integrating sex education.
Other subjects, such as systemic discrimination (a concept rejected by the CAQ) or "sex assigned at birth,"
also raise eyebrows for Pascal Bérubé.
The presence of these elements is surprising for "a government so allergic to wokism," says the MNA for Matane-Matapédia.
"These two concepts are appearing, under the CAQ, in the textbooks of all schools," he says. "I have the impression that the minister did not look at what was happening."
Quebec cultureAs a result, the Parti Québécois is asking the Legault government to review the program in depth.
According to Pascal Bérubé, Quebec must make "significant changes" in order to promote Quebec's cultural heritage. He proposes to entrust the mandate to experts in order to come up with a renewed offer next fall.
The MP does not offer concrete examples, but the school curriculum could include Quebec filmography, literature and song.
"In a world dominated by Netflix and Anglo-Saxon culture, Quebec schools must leave an important place for the transmission of cultural heritage," says the PQ MP.
ImmigrationThis lesson is all the more important because many children of immigrants have not been exposed to Quebec's soil.
"Schools must be the crucible of this culture," says Pascal Bérubé.
