Overview

• LaSalle cancelled Monday classes and set the new start for Tuesday, saying the delay will not affect students’ academic records.
• The college attributes the pause to government penalties tied to English-language enrolment and says the campus remains open to students.
• Quebec’s higher education minister says LaSalle is the only private subsidized college that failed to respect the quotas and accused it of holding students hostage.
• CEO Claude Marchand says the school is compliant for the 2025 year, has sought leniency, and contends the province is cutting operating subsidies.
• LaSalle acknowledges over-enrolment in 2023–24 and 2024–25, was fined about $8.8 million and $21 million respectively, and has asked Quebec Superior Court to overturn the penalties.