Mr. Speaker, last Friday, instead of announcing the creation of homogeneous French-language school boards in Ontario, the provincial education minister once again chose to put off that decision. In fact, he created a committee mandated to rationalize the governance of education in Ontario. This committee is to deliver its report next December, that is after the Ontario provincial elections. Moreover, this committee with a majority of anglophones has been made responsible for the future of French-language school boards.
Instead of taking action, Ontario goes on violating the Canadian Charter, which it signed of course, a charter which grants francophones the right to manage their schools.
Instead of taking action, Ontario is letting the situation deteriorate; consider the 31 per cent illiteracy rate and 38 per cent rate of assimilation among Franco-Ontarians.
During the next referendum, Quebecers will remember that those who speak about a renewed federalism are merely playing with smoke and mirrors.