The head of the English Montreal School Board said she’s cautiously optimistic after meeting with PQ cabinet minister Jean-François Lisée Monday.
Lisée visited the school board in an effort to build better ties between his party and the Anglophone community. The two discussed the EMSB’s low enrollment rate and what that might mean for the future of the city’s Anglophone community.
“My fundamental position is that if there is worry for the strength and continuity of the English speaking community, remedial measures are in order,” Lisée said.“That is the basic position and that is the same position for the french majority - and for First Nations. We have to live in era of common linguistics and identity security for the three groups.”
EMSB chair Angela Mancini said that while nothing concrete was set in Monday’s meeting, the conversation set the table for cordial relations between both groups.
Lisée also met with the Quebec Community Groups Network on Monday. The QCGN is a coalition of 41 English-speaking community groups from across the province.
“This has been a positive first meeting” said QCGN President Dan Lamoureux. “Our goal is to contribute to this government’s awareness of the realities of the contemporary English-speaking community.”
