Make public education available to all children with a precarious immigration status

In a report released today, the Protecteur du citoyen recommends that all children 6 to 16 years old living in Québec have access to public education, regardless of their or their parents' immigration status.

Universal access to education is not only in the interest of children, but of society as a whole because education clearly contributes to integration within the community. According to the Protecteur du citoyen, the fact that some children are currently left out is a violation of these children's basic right to education and contravenes the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by the Government of Canada and to which Québec has declared itself bound.

• Press release

• Investigation report summary (PDF, 25 KB)