Queens Park, feds reach 'understanding' on funding French-language university

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The Ontario and federal governments say they have reached an agreement on jointly funding a proposed French-language university that Premier Doug Ford's government had previously scrapped.

The two governments issued a statement Sunday evening saying they've signed a "memorandum of understanding" that formally commits them to working together to establish the school.

The provincial Tories had cancelled the project in November as part of their effort to balance the books, sparking outrage and protests among Franco-Ontarians. The decision prompted then-Tory legislator Amanda Simard to leave the party caucus and sit as an independent.

 

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