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NewmontPorcupineAssistswithPublicWorksFleet

Through the continued relationship building and communication

betweenMayorBignucoloandCouncilandNewmontPorcupine,the Township of Chapleau graciously accepted a donation of a 2017 DodgeRamfromNewmontPorcupine.ThisdonationwillassistthePublic Worksdepartmentinreplenishingitsfleetasonetruckisretiring.

Pictured below Left to Right: Donna Byce, Newmont Porcupine; Mayor Ryan Bignucolo; Tim Holmes, Sub foreperson Township of Chapleau; Gerry Stinson, Newmont Porcupine; Judith Meyntz, CAO TownshipofChapleau;TimArchambeault-St.Denis,AlexNicolandRobert Jean,PublicWorksDepartment,TownshipofChapleau

NewmontPorcupinecontribueàlamunicipalité

Grâceaudéveloppementcontinudeliensetàlacommunicationentre

lemaireBignucolo,lesmembresduConseiletNewmontPorcupine, le Canton de Chapleau a gracieusement accepté un camion Dodge Ram2017offertparlasociétéminière.Cedonserviraàcompléterleparcde camionsduservicedesTravauxpublicsalorsqu'uncamiondoitêtremisàla retraite.

Dans la photo ci-dessous on aperçoit, de gauche à droite : Donna Byce, Newmont Porcupine; Ryan Bignucolo, maire de Chapleau; Tim Holmes,sous-contremaître,CantondeChapleau;GerryStinson,Newmont Porcupine;JudithMeyntz,directricemunicipale,CantondeChapleau;Tim Archambeault-St. Denis, Alex Nicol et Robert Jean, service des Travaux publics,CantondeChapleau.

$66Kfentanyl,crack,crystalmethseizedin2northernOnt.drugbusts

OntarioProvincialPoliceinthenorthhave made two sizable drug busts this week seizing $66K in fentanyl, crystal meth andcrackcocaineandarrestingfivepeople.

At5a.m.Aug.1,officerswiththeSouth Porcupine detachment responded to a traffic hazard on Highway 101 nearStarLake.

A 46-year-old Chapleau man is facing charges as a result and remainsincustody.

Heischargedwith

drug trafficking, driving while suspended, operating a vehicle without insurance and while prohibited, using a plate not authorized for the vehicle,failingtonotifyonchangeofnameand possessionofpropertyobtainedbycrime.

The second incident happened Aug. 3 around2:42a.m.whenofficersraidedahomeon McKelvieAvenueinKirklandLake.

Approximately $37,000 in narcotics, including crack, was seized along with a handgun, cell phones and more than $4,500 in cash.

As a result, two men in their 20s from southern Ontario and two 56-year-old women –

one from Timmins and the other from Kirkland Lake–werechargedandremainincustody. They are all charged with drug trafficking, possession and unauthorized possession of a loaded, prohibited or restricted firearm and possession of property obtained by crime.

None of the allegations has been proven

Deadlinesareon Wednesdaysat3p.m.

AlgomaDistrictSchoolBoardAcceptingApplicationsForVacantTrusteePosition

NORTHERNAREA(Michipicoten,Chapleau,Hornepayne)

Due to the sudden passing of the

incumbent Trustee, there is now a vacancy for the position of Trustee for the Michipicoten, Chapleau and Hornepayne area.

CouncilBriefs

Aspers.221(1)oftheEducationAct,the Board of Trustees has, through a Board motion, chosen to fill the vacant seat through an appointment process. Trustees will receive applications from interested and eligible individuals for this position until 4:00 p.m. on Monday, August 28, 2023. As outlined in the Education Act, applicants must meet the followingrequirements:

•aCanadiancitizen

•18yearsofageorolder

•aresidentoftheregion

•beapublicschoolelector

•notlegallyprohibitedfromvoting;and,

• not disqualified by any legislation from

holdingschoolboardoffice(e.g.,anemployeeof anyschoolboard).

Interested applicants are asked to provide the followinginformation:

i i) a resumé, including past accomplishments, community involvement and relatedexperience;

ii ii) a letter of intent, outlining the reasons whyyouwishtoserveontheBoardandhowyou feelyoucancontributetoitsoveralleffectiveness;

iii iii) the names and contact information of three references from the community, with permissiontocontact.

Applicants are advised that the applications and presentations are information that is available publicly. Applications are to be submitted to Lucia Reece, Director of Education andSecretarytotheBoard,atacetil@adsb.on.ca

Applicationpackageswillbereviewedby Board members and applicants will be invited to

makeabrief(15-minutemaximum)presentation totheBoardofTrustees,atapublicmeetingofthe Board of Trustees on Monday, September 11, 2023, outlining how they would support the BoardofTrusteesinmeetingthecurrentStrategic Directions and in furthering the best interests of theAlgoma District School Board. Presentations canbemadeeitherin-personorvirtually.

Thesuccessfulapplicantwillbeswornin, at the Regular Board Meeting on Tuesday, September19,2023andwillserveuntiltheendof theterm,whichisNovember14,2026.

Forfurtherinformation,pleasecontactthe Algoma District School Board at acetil@adsb.on.ca or call 705-945-7234 or visit the ADSB website for further resources by followingthislink:

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Therewerenonewfiresconfirmedinthe Northeast Region today. There were three additionalfiresconfirmedlastnightafteryesterday’sreport:

Chapleau 17 is a 0.2 hectare fire that is under control. This fire is located about 23.4 kilometerssouthwestofFoleyetand1.1kilometernorthofHighway101.OneFireRangercrew isworkingonsuppressingthisfire.

Wawa 26 is a 0.3 hectare fire that is not under control. This fire is located about 18 kilometersnorthofMarathonand2.5kilometers northeast of North Skipper Lake. Two FireRanger crews are working on suppressing thisfire.

Wawa27isa0.1hectarefirethatisunder

control. This fire is located about 15.5 kilometers east of Marathon and1.8kilometer north of Highway17.One FireRanger crew is working on suppressing this fire.

The fire hazard varies frommoderateto high for most of the Northeast Region; however, the southern part of the region continues to see a low fire hazard.Foracloserlookatfirehazardconditions inyourarea,viewourinteractivemap.

NortheastRegionFiresofNote

There are no fires of note for the NortheastFireRegionatthistime.

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At the time of this update, there are 45 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. Of these fires7arenotundercontrol,4arebeingheld,11areundercontrol,and27arebeingobserved.

Chapleau Moments

by MichaelJ. Morris

Chief for CTV NEWS, then in Grade Nine at CHS. He is also the Executive Producer of CTV'sPowerPlayandQuestionPeriod.

headedtoprime-timetelevision.

Somehow, in 1969, I ended up replacing the Midget hockey coach on a trip to Timmins and"Fife"asIcametocallhimalmostendedmy coaching career before it really started. There wasafightduringthegame,andafterwereturned to Chapleau, a letter arrived from JamesAspin, long time secretary manager of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association alleging that the Chapleaucoachhadbeenyellingathisplayersto "Fight!Fight!“AtameetingintheoldTownHall basement, of course I denied it. Earle Freeborn askedmeifIhadyelledanything.

After a moment I said yes. I had yelled "Fife! Fife!" at Bob who engaged in the fight trying to get him to the bench. This explanation was sent to the NOHA, and I lived to coach anotherday.

RobertFifewasnotsittinginhisassigned seat when I arrived in Room 104 at the new Chapleau High School in January 1969 to teach Grade Nine history -- "The British Epic"-replacing a teacher who had become ill and wouldbeawayforsometime.

UPDATED: November19,2015. Bob is leaving CTV News to become Ottawa Bureau ChiefofTheGlobeandMail.

Ihadneverbeeninthenewschoolonthe hill opened in 1966, as I had attended the high school on Pine Street where the Chapleau Civic Centreisnow.ItwasthelastplaceIexpectedto be on this winter morning as I had been home visitingmymother,MurielE.(Hunt)Morris,and wasplanningtoreturntothenewspaperbusiness.

However, when George Evans, the school's assistant principal called to ask if I wouldreplaceateacher,andthepaywas$25.00a day, I accepted and put plans to travel to either Vietnam to cover the war there or Beirut, Lebanon,towriteaboutdrugsmugglingonhold forthetimebeing--itisnowover40yearslater andIhaveneverbeentoeitherplace.

So,thereIwasinRoom104,firstclassof the day, history with Grade Nine "A", having beengiventhetextbooks,adaybookandstudent seating plan. I put my name on the blackboard, turned and looked at the seating plan, and immediatelysensedallwasnotright.Inmybest Dr.KarlHackstettervoice,Iyelled,"Getbackin yourrightseatsNOW."(Forthosewhonevermet Dr.Hackstetter.trustme,hecouldyell.)

It worked. Students scurried to get to wheretheybelonged,andthereinfrontofmewas BobFife,sinceFebruary2005theOttawaBureau

Several days later, Bob appeared at the staffroomwantingtospeakwithme.Itturnedout that the teacher I was replacing had been directing a play and Bob asked if I would take overasdirector.Byhisreckoning,becauseIwas areporter,Imustknowsomethingaboutdrama.

Bobplayedtheleadingroleinadelightful one act comedy called 'Sunday Cost Five Pesos' and we expanded the production into a student talent night, which continued in the 1970swith Bobbeingnamedbestactorforhisperformances on several occasions. For several years at CHS we did two productions a year involving a large numberofstudents.

Alsoin1969,theChapleauLittleTheatre was founded with Margaret Costello. a distinguished journalist and actress in Canada and the United States, who had moved to Chapleau,inaleadingroleinKayHill'scomedy "ThreetoGetMarried."Justdaysbeforeopening night, a cast member became ill, and Bob very quicklytookovertheroleandpulleditoffasifhe hadbeenrehearsingformonths.

Ishouldhaverealizedhewaseventually

During his years at CHS Bob was also active in other student activities and served as presidentoftheStudentCouncilin1972-73.

Shortly after I joined Facebook a couple of years ago, Charlie Braumberger, who was in thesameclassasBobmessagedmesaying,"You mustbereallyproudofBob'ssuccess."

Ipausedabitbeforereplying.Ofcourse,I am,butIhavebeenproudofeverystudentIever had in the 32 years I spent in the classroom at Chapleau High School and College of the Rockies. To anyone who ever asked me about students, I have had a standard reply, "I have nevermetabadstudent."

ButIknowwhatCharliemeant.Bobwas interested in the news and peppered me with questions from the first moment he knew I had beenareporterandeditor.Ourconversationson theissuesofthedaycontinuedforyears.

Bob, who was born in Chapleau, is the son of Margaret and the late Clyde Fife. Bob's grandfather George Fife was manager of the Cont’donP.5

RobertFifefromChapleau,winnerofnationalnewspaperawardsandbest-selling authorleavesOttawaBureauChiefof CTVNewstojoinGlobeandMail

CHS Student Council 1972-73 Bob seated frontsecondonrightside.

BobFifefarrightlisteningtoJ.B.Walsh

BobFifewithTomCorston

REPORT from OTTAWA Rapport d’Ottawa

by/par Carol Hughes Federal member of Parliament Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing

Late in 2022, a Winnipeg man was charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the killings of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and a fourth unidentified woman who is being referred to as Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, a namegiventoherbylocalElders,andadoptedby localpolice.Theremainsofthreeofthesewomen havenotbeenrecovered.Contois'partialremains werelocatedinWinnipeg'sPrairieGreenlandfill.

In December of 2022, police indicated thattheyhadreasontobelievethattheremainsof two of the victims were in the Prairie Green landfill. Since then, protesters set up a camp outsidethelandfillsite,dubbedCampMorganin honour of Ms. Harris, demanding action from both the Provincial and Federal governments to search the site for the remains of the three women.

About a month ago, the Manitoba government made the decision to not assist in fundingasearchofthePrairieGreenlandfillfor the remains of the women. The Manitoba government has stated that the decision rested purelyonsafetyconcernsforthosewhowouldbe sifting through the materials at the landfill.This decision was based on a feasibility study developedbytheAssemblyofManitobaChiefs. The feasibility study states that a search of the landfill is feasible, but there are considerable risksduetotoxicchemicalsandasbestos.

Recently,asaresultofajudgeapproving a court injunction, police have dismantled the Camp Morgan site. The protestors immediately erectedanewsitenamedCampMarcedesatthe CanadianMuseumforHumanRightstocontinue todrawattentiontotheplightofthevictimsand have stated that they would remain until the searchofthelandfillisdone.

The Manitoba government's assertion thattheywillnotassistduetosafetyconcernshas beenwidelycondemnedbyanumberofgroups, includingtheAssemblyofFirstNations.CUPE, the union representing landfill workers, has stated that there's no reason the search can't be done if proper precautions are taken. Marion Buller, a former judge and the Chief Commissioner of the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), has stated that the Federal government should do more to convince the

EveryAttempttoFind MMIWG MustbeDone

Provincialgovernmenttoconductthesearch,and should this fail, the Federal government could reach an agreement with the landfill owner to conduct a search on their own. The Minister of Crown-IndigenousRelationshasseeminglybeen arguingwiththePremierofManitoba,ratherthan committing to use federal resources to assist in thesearch.

We should not be playing jurisdictional games when it comes to upholding our human rights obligations. Last May, MPs from all parties unanimously recognized the ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people as a Canada-wide emergency.Familiesshouldnothavetopleadto have the remains of their family members returned to them. The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' Calls for Justice asks that all levels of government eliminate any jurisdictional gaps thatdenyservicestoIndigenouswomen.Atthis

point,onlytwoofthe231CallsforJusticehave been fully implemented, and this is of little comforttofamilymemberswhohavelostsisters, daughtersormothers.

Those family members are quite tired of excuses,andsimplywanttheworkdonetobring their loved ones home. The Assembly of ManitobaChiefs'feasibilitystudylaysouthowa search can be conducted, and while it may be expensive, this should not be a barrier to basic humanrights.Toputthisinperspective,theB.C. government spent over $100 million to put notoriousserialkillerRobertPicktonaway,with a significant amount of money dedicated to the investigation,includingsearchinghisfarmhouse forsmallpiecesofDNAevidencethatledtohis eventual conviction. The landfill, as well as potential remains, may contain important evidence,soasidefromthehumanrightsfailure, itwouldbeafailureincriminaljusticeifasearch forthebodiesofthesewomenisn'tinitiated.

Vers la fin 2022, un Winnipegois a été inculpésousquatrechefsd'accusationsdemeurtre aupremierdegrépourlesassassinatsdeRebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran et une quatrième femme dont l'identité est inconnue et qu'onappelleMashkodeBizhiki'ikwe,ouBuffalo Woman,unnomquiluiaétédonnépardesaînés locaux et que la police locale a adopté. Les dépouilles de trois de ces femmes n'ont pas été retrouvées.DesrestesdeladépouilledeRebecca Contois ont été retrouvés dans le site d'enfouissement de Prairie Green, près de Winnipeg.

En décembre 2022, la police a indiqué qu'elleavaitdesraisonsdecroirequelescorpsde deux des victimes se trouvaient dans le site d'enfouissementdePrairieGreen.Depuislors,des manifestants avaient installé un campement près du site, qu'ils ont baptisé de camp Morgan, en l'honneurdeMorganHarris.Ilsréclamentqueles gouvernementsprovincialetfédéralprennentdes mesures pour fouiller le site à la recherche des dépouillesdestroisfemmes.

Ilyaenvironunmois,legouvernementdu Manitobaaprisladécisiondenepasfinancerune fouille du site d'enfouissement de Prairie Green pourtenterdetrouverlesdépouillesdesfemmes. Il a déclaré que la décision était fondée uniquementsurdespréoccupationsenmatièrede santé et de sécurité à l'égard des personnes qui auraient à trier les matières dans le site d'enfouissement.Cettedécisionestfondéesurune étude de faisabilité commandée par l'Assemblée deschefsduManitoba.Seloncetteétude,ilserait possible de réaliser la fouille du site

d'enfouissement, mais elle présenterait des risques considérables à cause de la présence d'amianteetd'autresproduitschimiquestoxiques. Récemment, après la délivrance d'une injonctiondestribunaux,lapoliceadémanteléle site du camp Morgan. Les manifestants ont immédiatement établi un nouveau site appelé campMarcedesprèsduMuséecanadienpourles droits de la personne, pour continuer d'attirer l'attentionsurlesortdesvictimes.Ilsontdéclaré qu'ilsyresteraientjusqu'àcequ'unefouilledusite d'enfouissementsoiteffectuée.

L'affirmation du gouvernement du Manitoba, selon laquelle il n'aidera pas pour des raisonsdesécurité,aétélargementcondamnéepar un certain nombre de groupes, y compris l'Assemblée des Premières Nations. Le Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, qui représente les travailleurs du site d'enfouissement, a déclaré qu'iln'yavaitaucuneraisondenepasprocéderà une fouille, à condition de prendre de bonnes mesures de précaution. Marion Buller, une ancienne juge et la commissaire en chef de l'Enquête nationale sur les femmes et les filles autochtones disparues et assassinées, a déclaré que le gouvernement fédéral devrait faire plus d'efforts pour convaincre le gouvernement provincial d'effectuer la fouille et que, si les pourparlers n'aboutissent pas, le gouvernement fédéral peut conclure une entente avec le propriétairedusitepourqu'ilmènelui-mêmeune fouille.IlsembleraitqueleministredesRelations Couronne-Autochtones continue de se disputer avec la première ministre de l'Alberta, au lieu de s'engageràseservirderessourcesfédéralespour SuiteP.7

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ChapleauMoments

Cont’dfromP.3 Chapleau Electric Light and Power Company andservedasreeveoftheTownshipofChapleau from1938to1942.

His father served in the Royal Canadian AirForceduringWorldWarII,andIrecalltothis day,ClydetellingmethestoryofmyparentsJim and Muriel being at the ceremony in Toronto when he got his wings, and my father tried to makehimlaughwhileonparade.Clyde,whowas myfather'sbestmanattheweddingofmyparents in 1940 also claimed that he "looked after" my fatherafterIwasborninHamilton.

Our grandmothers were the best of friends and enjoyed playing golf on "Ladies' Day" at the golf course in Chapleau. Bob and I also got a chuckle over the time that his grandmother went to visit mine on Elgin Street when the snowbanks were really high. Bob's father dropped his mother off and she assured him she could get to my grandmother's house. Somehow Mrs. Fife got stuck in the snowbank. My grandmother, Lil Morris, was watching and immediatelycalledClydetocomeandrescuehis mother.Allwentwellandtheyhadtheirvisit.

AftergraduatingfromCHSBobattended the University of Toronto where he earned the BachelorofArtsdegree.

In1978,Bobstartedhisjournalismcareer in the parliamentary bureau of NewsRadio and thenheworkedforUnitedPressInternational.It washiscontactwith UPI thatgotmeoneofmy mostinterestingreportingassignments,covering a test of the nuclear winter theory in 1985 at Chapleau.Bobgotmetheassignment.

Hethenbecameaseniorpoliticalreporter fortheCanadianPressandlaterspent10yearsas OttawaBureauChiefandpoliticalcolumnistfor the Sun Media chain.At one point in the 1980s Maclean's magazine called Bob the best investigativereporterinCanada.

After the National Post was founded, he

joineditin1998,andhebecameOttawaBureau Chief for CanWest News Services and the NationalPostin2002.

In 1991, Bob's first book, 'A Capital Scandal'whichhewrotewithJohnWarrencame out, and I recall going to a bookstore in Cranbrook to see if I could get a copy. There it was prominently displayed in the new book section, and as I thumbed through it and noted that he dedicated it to his mother Margaret, I becameabitemotionalwhichcausedtheladyin thestoretoaskifIwasallright.

"Iamfine,"Itoldher."IknowRobertFife andIamsoproudofhim."IwentontotellBob's backgroundandleftwiththebook.AsIwrite,itis beside me on my desk -- and the story it tells about politics in Canada and the need for the reform of Parliament it calls for is as relevant, perhapsmoresotoday,thanitwas20yearsago.

In the acknowledgments Bob mentions Derik Hodgson who was an incredibly good reporter of my generation with whom I had worked at the Kingston Whig-Standard and Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. It so happened that by

Vancouver,discussingabookbyaChapleauboy, whowebothkn ew,albeitcomingtoknow Bob in diverse ways. We were agreed on the messageofthebook.

In 1993, Bob's second book, 'Kim Campbell: The Making of a Politician' was published. She became the first female prime ministerofCanada.Again,itremainsamustread forabetterunderstandingofpoliticsinCanada.

He has won the Edward Dunlop Award for Spot News and two National Newspaper CitationofMeritforpoliticalreporting.

However, it has been the past six years afterBobbecameOttawaBureauChiefof CTV News that he has become a household name in Canada. Especially since I have been on Facebook,manyofhisoldfriendshavemessaged me, "Did you see Bob on the news last night?", "Bob is interviewing the prime minister", "Did youteachhim?"andsoon,butIamguiltytoo.

While I was scanning photos of Bob for this piece at Walmart, I was getting help from a ladythere,andpointedtophotoofBobwithTom Corston,andaskedher,"DoyoueverwatchCTV News?"towhichsherepliedshedid.

"Do you know Bob Fife?" and again the answer was yes. Pointing to Bob holding an umbrellaoverTom,whoisnowAnglicanbishop ofMoosonee,Isaid,"That'shimwhenhewasin Grade 9", adding, "Bob is from Chapleau." My emailismj.morris@live.ca

THE CHS STUDENT COUNCIL OF 1972-73

Chapleau High School Student Council of 1972-73 when Bob Fife was president. Front row from left Jamie Doyle, Eileen McRea,Tom Tangie,Bob,PattyDesbois.Middlerowfromleft Rusty Deluce, Joan Lapointe, Walter Sonego, DanPlouffe,MichaelDillon,MaryAnnMorris, Doris Delaney. Back row Robert Doyle, Gary Legros, Leslie Doig, Maurice Blais, Pat Connelly,KeithMarsh

1991 Derik had become communications director of the Canadian Labour Congress and hadorganizedaconferenceforeditorsoflabour unionpublications.IwastheeditorofInsider,the faculty magazine at College of the Rockies and attendedtheconferenceinVancouver, Smallworldthatitis,thereIwaswithmy old friend Derik drinking coffee in the Hotel

RobertFife, CTV NEWS

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ReadersofthiscolumnknowhowproudI amtobeabornandbredNortherner.Igrewupin Gogama,whereFrenchwasthemothertonguein almost every home. People spoke French in churches, schools, and businesses. In the minds ofmysiblingsandfriends,ourwholeworldwas French-speaking.Forus,Frenchwasthenorm.

You may be interested to know that my entireelementaryeducationwasdeliveredinthe French language. However, if we wanted a francophonesecondaryschooleducation,wehad toroomandboardwithfamiliesinTimminsfrom SundaynighttoFriday,thenbacktoGogamafor the weekend. When I first got to Timmins, the onlyEnglishwordIknewwasketchup(LOL).It was there that I had the opportunity of learning English. Many francophones will tell you that Englishiseverywhereandeasilyaccessible,but Frenchisadifferentstory.Fromayoungage,we learn that although Ontario has 2 official languages, accessing francophone education is not soeasy.

I feel incredibly fortunate that, as an MPP, I can communicate effectively with constituents in both official languages. And I knowfrompersonalexperiencethatthisprovince hasregionswhereFrenchisthepredominantorat least a prominentlanguage.Residents are proud of their Francophone heritage as one of the two founderswhosettledinthisland.Thisiswhythe right to learn and communicate in French is includedintheCanadianconstitution.

Canadians have historically accepted diversityandcontinuetodoso.ANeilsensurvey asked Canadians about laws that protect and promote French and English bilingualism. The results showed that more than 80 percent of Canadians support the concept that promotes equalstatusforeachlanguage.Further,thestudy revealed that 87 percent of Ontarians and 92 percentofQuebeccitizenssupporttheaimsofthe Official Languages Act. (CBC News Sept. 1, 2016.) The Official LanguagesAct supports the development of English and French linguistic minority communities. At the time, Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages, said, “Canada's gradual acceptance of linguistic duality has made us more open, more inclusive, andreadiertowelcomeothersinoursociety.”

There are 23 publicly assisted universitiesinOntario,ofwhich2areFrancophone.One is located in Northern Ontario in Hearst and anotherintheworld-famousFrancophoneMecca ofToronto.Butfamilieswanttohavetheoption of having their children attend universities that

arenothundredsofmilesawayfromhome.After all,ouryoutharejustfindingtheirwayinlifeand still need support from home. I speak with experienceonthis.

The Ontario Francophone community has been calling on the Ontario government to support a provincially funded French university for many years. The federal government understands the value of this initiative, stepping up to theplatein2022with$1.9milliontohelpmake thedreamofestablishingaFrancophoneuniversity run independently by and for the Francophonecommunity.

But the Ford government has an entirely different perspective on the matter. It doesn't support the plan for a new Francophone university in Sudbury. They announced their decision nottosupportaFrenchuniversityjustbeforethe Canada Day long weekend - when people were distracted, preparing to celebrate the holiday. Forgive my cynicism for not believing that the timing was a coincidence. It was to avoid any fallout as the Legislature rose for the summer break.

Somemightbesurprisedtolearnthat“In 1912, the provincial government, under the leadership of Conservative Premier James Whitney, passed Regulation 17, which made teaching in French in Ontario illegal. It wasn't rescinded until 1927. This law had horrific impacts on the Francophone population in Ontario, leading to entire generations unable to write or read in their first language.”

(TimminsToday.com,July21,2023)

Consider the damage that Regulation 17 did over the many years by depriving Ontarians of Francophone heritage of their right to speak and learn in their mother tongue. Consider the thousands of young minds not allowed to grow and flourish in their ancestors' language for generations;alossthatcanneverberegained.

So after the Conservatives in 1912 used legislation to deny Francophones the right to speak and learn in French, Premier Ford came alongandsaid,therejustisn'tenoughdemand,so why bother? Is it any wonder why the demand might be somewhat diminished today when you consider the generations of Francophones were deniedtheirrights?

But, as I said, that was then; this is now. Ontarians have grown and evolved over these many decades. We are far more enlightened today. So why pull the plug on establishing a Francophone university in Sudbury when the trend for years has been growing in favour of linguistic duality for Ontario? So how can PremierDougFordjustifyslammingthedoorin the face of the Francophone community when asked to support a dedicated French university? When asked this question, Ontario Minister of

Colleges and Universities (MCU) Jill Dunlop explainedthattherequestforaFrenchuniversity inSudbury“doesnotreflectthecurrentdemand and enrolment trends, especially given the already existing capacity of postsecondary institutionstoofferFrench-languageprogramsin theGreaterSudburyareaandacrossOntario.”

Inotherwords,thegovernmentsaysthere isinsufficientinterestorneedtojustifyfundinga dedicatedFrancophoneuniversity.Thisisdespite thefactthattheCanadianconstitutionguarantees Frencheducation.

Unbelievably,asiftoaddinsulttoinjury, aftertheMinistertoldFrancophonestherewould benouniversityinSudbury,theministryissueda statementsaying,“Theministryiscommittedto putting students first. This includes maximizing student choice, supporting access to Frenchlanguage postsecondary education, and preparingthemtosucceedinrewardingcareers.Wewill continue to work with all of our Francophone education institutes to help deliver high-quality postsecondary education for northern and Francophonecommunities.”

Talkaboutyourmixedmessages.

Much has been lost, but there is always hope for tomorrow. The Ontario Francophone community has been tireless in pressing for a university in Sudbury that is run by and for Francophones.Thereistoomuchatstakejustto walk away now. Our parents and grandparents havebeenrelentlessintheirfight,andweoweit to our children to continue until we have a third publicly funded Francophone university in Ontario.

Asalways,pleasefeelfreetocontactmy office about these issues or any other provincial matters.Youcanreachmyconstituencyofficeby email at my new address, mmantha-co@ola.org orbyphoneToll-freeat1-800-831-1899.

PremierFordsaysthereisnotenoughinterestorneedtojustifyaFrenchuniversityinSudbury