Access to education in French as a first language is a right. Access to a second language is a privilege. I do love the fact that a lot of anglophones want to learn French, but it shouldn't be at the expense of small francophone children who feel like strangers in their own school. That's what needs to change.
Teachers want to do the right thing. I'm thinking of a teacher in the York region. She complained on Facebook that her little girl couldn't make friends at school, a French-language school, because she was the only one in her class who spoke and understood French. This lady was contacted. She received a letter from her superintendent asking her to withdraw her comments if she did not want to risk disciplinary action.
Our teachers who stand up to defend French are ostracized. This lady called me crying one Friday night to tell me that she could no longer be associated with me because she was at risk of losing her job.
When I look for people to defend the cause of francophones, they are afraid to get involved, as they're afraid of the consequences their children might suffer at school. A lot of francophone parents are teachers. They're afraid to speak out. This unfortunate situation is happening within our French-language school boards.