French would be the language of work and of instruction. To some extent it is based on the technical and professional school at the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface. However, in our case, this college will be a part of the University of Alberta. We had to go through the province to change our mandate. The province had to change its legislation so we could do this. This is being done: it will be in place within the next few months.
On December 5th, 2006. See this statement in context.