Concordia and McGill mentioned they’ll not pursue their authorized battle in opposition to the Quebec authorities on tuition hike to out-of-province college students regardless of a Quebec Superior Courtroom ruling in opposition to the rise.
In an e-mail to CityNews, Concordia College mentioned its choice to not deliver the matter to the courts once more was on account of its monetary scenario. The authorized prices from earlier litigation had been reported to be a number of lots of of hundreds of {dollars} even because the college has confronted deficits.
“We hope we will work productively with the federal government transferring ahead,” mentioned Vannina Maestracci, Concordia College spokesperson.
McGill College additionally mentioned it wished to work with the federal government fairly than pursuing extra litigation.
“Whereas McGill doesn’t imagine that the Québec authorities’s response respects the Superior Courtroom’s April 2025 ruling, the College has concluded, after cautious consideration, that additional litigation would undermine its goals of strengthening native engagement and advancing partnerships that contribute to the vitality of the Québec society,” mentioned Katherine Cuplinskas, a spokesperson for McGill.
In April 2025, the Quebec Superior Courtroom overturned a college tuition hike for out-of-province college students which the Quebec authorities launched to cut back the variety of English-speaking college students within the province.
Nonetheless, Quebec authorities stored its over 30 per cent hike in fall 2025 regardless of the court docket ruling.
The tutoring hike had resulted in sharp declines in enrollment of scholars from outdoors the province.
Each McGill and Concordia have been providing scholarships to offset the will increase.
“We proceed to supply a variety of monetary awards to out-of-province college students, together with the Canada Students Award for brand spanking new college students making use of from highschool in the remainder of Canada,” Maestracci mentioned.
McGill mentioned it is going to additionally proceed to supply scholarships and scholar help to its college students.