Official Languages committee  I will answer the question more briefly than Mr. Paul. This has to do with the nature of the facilities that exist. Without schools for our francophones in minority context, we lose them. Assimilation follows. At this time, one of our practices is that school boards must prepare

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Melinda Chartrand, chair of the Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones. First of all, thank you for inviting us to appear as part of this important study on the enumeration of rights holders under sectio

Official Languages committee  I could explain that situation.

Official Languages committee  I am the president of my school board, in Toronto, and this is something we are experiencing on a daily basis. The major obstacle for francophones is that we have no visibility when it comes to promoting the language. There are a number of multicultural associations in our regi

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Five principles guide the actions of the FNCSF and its network of French-language schools in the exercise of their unique mandate and their efforts to ensure the development, vitality, and sustainability of francophone minority communities. Was the document handed ou

Official Languages committee  One of those principles is the right to manage admissions, a right that is inherently tied to immigration in francophone and Acadian communities. Members of official language minority communities, through their school boards, should be able to decide, on a case-by-case basis, who

Official Languages committee  Good morning everyone. My name is Melinda Chartrand, and I am the chair of the Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones, or FNCSF for short. I want to thank the Standing Committee on Official Languages for inviting our organization to appear and contribute to the

Official Languages committee  Thank you. The FNCSF is a non-profit organization that represents the 28 French-language school boards in minority communities across Canada. The school boards provide French-language educational services to more than 150,000 students in some 630 schools in nine provinces and th