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{
"time": "2020-03-10 16:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Val\u00e9rie Morand (Director General, F\u00e9d\u00e9ration nationale des conseils scolaires francophones)",
"fr": "Mme Val\u00e9rie Morand (directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, F\u00e9d\u00e9ration nationale des conseils scolaires francophones)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6107897\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I'd like to add something to what Mr. Chartrand said.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6107898\" data-originallang=\"fr\">For example, \u00c9cole secondaire Gabriel-Dumont in Toronto has 293 spots, but 399 actual students\u2014106 more than it should\u2014not to mention 10 portables. Within five years, it's expected to have 526 students, another 126. That will put it at 180% capacity. Just imagine the headache that creates for administrators at the Conseil scolaire Viamonde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6107899\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Our system is burgeoning, which is not at all the case for the English-speaking majority, whose schools are losing numbers. For the past eight years, our schools have experienced an average growth of 13.5%, and even that is an underestimate because it's a national average. In regions like the one where Mr. Chartrand's board is located, the growth is substantially higher. If all rights holders were identified, the numbers would increase, as you can imagine.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6107900\" data-originallang=\"fr\">These are very conservative estimates, and we can't continue to restrict the community's growth or the rights of its members to send their children to French-language schools. French is, after all, one of the country's two official languages.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6107897\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais ajouter un compl\u00e9ment d'information \u00e0 ce que disait M. Chartrand.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6107898\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Par exemple, \u00e0 Toronto, l'\u00c9cole secondaire Gabriel-Dumont a 293 places, mais elle compte 399 \u00e9l\u00e8ves, 106 de plus que pr\u00e9vu, et 10 classes mobiles. On estime que, d'ici cinq ans, elle aura 526 \u00e9l\u00e8ves, soit 126 \u00e9l\u00e8ves de plus. Elle sera donc \u00e0 180 % de sa capacit\u00e9 d'accueil. Imaginez le casse-t\u00eate pour les administrateurs du Conseil scolaire Viamonde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6107899\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Notre r\u00e9seau est en pleine croissance, ce qui n'est pas du tout le cas de la majorit\u00e9 anglophone, qui vit une d\u00e9croissance dans ses \u00e9coles. Depuis huit ans, il y a une croissance moyenne de 13,5 % dans nos \u00e9coles, et, encore l\u00e0, c'est sous-estim\u00e9, parce que c'est une moyenne nationale. Dans certaines r\u00e9gions, comme celle du conseil scolaire de M. Chartrand, cette croissance est beaucoup plus marqu\u00e9e. Si on r\u00e9pertoriait tous les ayants droit, ces chiffres seraient \u00e0 la hausse, comme vous pouvez l'imaginer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6107900\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Ce sont donc des estimations tr\u00e8s prudentes, et on ne peut pas continuer de freiner la croissance et le droit des francophones d'envoyer leurs enfants \u00e9tudier en fran\u00e7ais, qui est l'une des deux langues officielles du pays.</p>"
},
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