It's a start. That's exactly the answer I was looking for.
I'm going to suggest a new mechanism. If I'm wrong, you can tell me.
A 1990 court decision confirmed the right of francophones in minority communities to establish independent school boards in control of their destiny. However, isn't that like allowing someone to build a house but not giving them money for the wood? We allow the establishment of francophone school boards, but we don't give them the money to operate.
Haven't we reached the point where we can say that section 23 gives school boards the right to negotiate directly with the federal government for French-language education outside Quebec?