On Monday February 17, 2025, the Honourable Rachel Bendayan, Minister of Official Languages and Associate Minister of Public Safety, announced the ratification of the new Protocol for Agreements for Minority-Language Education and Second-Language Instruction for the period from 2024 to 2028.

As part of this collaboration agreement, the federal government is investing more than $1.4 billion to support minority-language education and second-language instruction. The Protocol also includes funds dedicated to the recruitment and retention of teachers and to post-secondary education in the minority language.

Put together, this agreement will strengthen official-language minority communities and make second-language instruction more accessible across the country.

The Protocol breakdown is as follows:

• Minority-language education – $707,204,968
• Second-language instruction – $578,368,460
• Post-secondary education in the minority language – $104,000,000
• Recruitment and retention of teachers (in French-language minority schools and French immersion and second-language programs) – $50,970,000

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