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**English version below**<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n COMMUNIQU\u00c9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Le Conseil scolaire francophone se rapproche de pouvoir offrir de l\u2019\u00e9ducation primaire \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de la rue Granville \u00e0 Vancouver<\/strong><\/strong> Richmond, le 9 juin 2023<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Le juge Crerar de la Cour supr\u00eame de la Colombie-Britannique a rendu un jugement aujourd\u2019hui refusant de prononcer l\u2019injonction demand\u00e9e par des parents de l\u2019annexe Queen Elizabeth (l\u2019Annexe) visant \u00e0 emp\u00eacher le Vancouver Board of Education (VBE) de fermer l\u2019Annexe le 30 juin prochain et de c\u00e9der le site au Conseil scolaire francophone (CSF).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n En guise de rappel, c\u2019est en juin 2022 que le conseil d\u2019administration du VBE a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de fermer l\u2019Annexe \u00e0 la fin juin 2023. Des parents d\u2019enfants qui fr\u00e9quentent l\u2019Annexe se sont oppos\u00e9s \u00e0 la fermeture, ont entrepris une proc\u00e9dure judiciaire et ont d\u00e9pos\u00e9 une requ\u00eate sollicitant une injonction pour obliger le VBE de continuer d\u2019op\u00e9rer l\u2019Annexe, ce qui emp\u00eacherait le CSF d\u2019acqu\u00e9rir le site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019Annexe est situ\u00e9e au centre du secteur de Vancouver \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de la rue Granville. Le CSF tente d\u2019acheter le site de l\u2019Annexe depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es afin de rem\u00e9dier aux violations du droit \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9ducation en fran\u00e7ais garanti par l\u2019article 23 de la Charte canadienne des droits et libert\u00e9s <\/em>(Charte) \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de la rue Granville \u00e0 Vancouver. Ces violations sont bien document\u00e9es, perdurent depuis au moins 2001, et ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9nonc\u00e9es \u00e0 plusieurs reprises par la Cour supr\u00eame de la Colombie-Britannique et la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le CSF et le VBE ont convenu d\u2019un bail aux termes duquel le CSF pourrait commencer \u00e0 offrir de l\u2019\u00e9ducation en langue fran\u00e7aise depuis le site de l\u2019Annexe d\u00e8s septembre 2023. La Cour ayant rendu jugement aujourd\u2019hui, le CSF entend consulter sans d\u00e9lai les communaut\u00e9s de l\u2019\u00c9cole Rose-des-Vents, de l\u2019\u00c9cole des Colibris et de l\u2019\u00c9cole Jules-Verne. L\u2019objectif du CSF demeure bien s\u00fbr l\u2019atteinte de l\u2019\u00e9quivalence r\u00e9elle \u00e0 l\u2019ouest de la rue Granville, laquelle ne sera r\u00e9alis\u00e9e qu\u2019en devenant propri\u00e9taire du site de l\u2019Annexe et en y construisant une nouvelle \u00e9cole \u00e9l\u00e9mentaire. La Cour refuse d\u2019accorder l\u2019injonction demand\u00e9e par les parents de l\u2019Annexe notamment car elle aurait retard\u00e9 davantage la mise en \u0153uvre de l\u2019article 23 de la Charte<\/em> dans cette r\u00e9gion de Vancouver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dans ses motifs de jugement, le juge Crerar explique que les droits des parents d\u2019enfants \u00e9ligibles \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9ducation en fran\u00e7ais doivent peser dans la balance contre la demande d\u2019injonction. Le juge Crerar confirme qu\u2019il faut rem\u00e9dier aux violations de l\u2019article 23 de la Charte<\/em> dans les plus brefs d\u00e9lais : \u00ab Cette scl\u00e9rose perdure malgr\u00e9 les rappels r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9s de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada selon lesquels le droit \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9ducation en langue fran\u00e7aise doit \u00eatre mis en \u0153uvre sans d\u00e9lai. \u00bb [traduit de l\u2019anglais]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00ab La francophonie vient de franchir une nouvelle \u00e9tape en mati\u00e8re d\u2019\u00e9ducation primaire \u00e0 Vancouver \u00bb, explique Marie-Pierre Lavoie, pr\u00e9sidente du CSF. Elle rappelle toutefois que \u00ab le CSF doit imp\u00e9rativement devenir propri\u00e9taire du site de l\u2019Annexe, et pas seulement locataire du VBE \u00bb. Le CSF continuera \u00e0 mettre des bouch\u00e9es doubles afin d\u2019acheter le site et d\u2019y construire l\u2019immeuble tant attendu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Depuis sa cr\u00e9ation en 1995, le Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique offre des programmes et des services \u00e9ducatifs valorisant le plein \u00e9panouissement et l\u2019identit\u00e9 culturelle des apprenantes et apprenants francophones de la province. Partenaire dans le d\u00e9veloppement de la collectivit\u00e9 francophone de la Colombie-Britannique, le Conseil compte aujourd\u2019hui 47 \u00e9coles et dessert une centaine de communaut\u00e9s r\u00e9parties dans l\u2019ensemble de la province. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Conseil scolaire francophone one step closer to offering elementary education west of Granville Street in Vancouver<\/strong> Richmond, June 9, 2023\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> Justice Crerar of the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued a ruling today refusing to grant the injunction sought by parents of the Queen Elizabeth Annex (the Annex) to prevent the Vancouver Board of Education (VBE) from closing the Annex on June 30 and transferring the site to the Conseil scolaire francophone (CSF).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a reminder, it was in June 2022 that the VBE\u2019s Board of Trustees decided to close the Annex at the end of June 2023. Parents of children who attend the Annex opposed the closure, initiated legal proceedings, and filed an application seeking an injunction to compel the VBE to continue operating the Annex, which would prevent the CSF from acquiring the site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Annex is located in the centre of Vancouver, west of Granville Street. The CSF has been trying to purchase the Annex site for several years in order to remedy the violations of the right to French-language education guaranteed by section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms<\/em> (Charter<\/em>) west of Granville Street in Vancouver. These violations are well documented, have been going on since at least 2001, and have been denounced on several occasions by the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Supreme Court of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The CSF and the VBE have agreed to a lease under which the CSF could begin offering French-language education from the Annex site as early as September 2023. Following today\u2019s court ruling, the CSF intends to consult the communities of \u00c9cole Rose-des-Vents, \u00c9cole des Colibris and \u00c9cole Jules-Verne without delay. The CSF\u2019s objective remains, of course, to achieve substantive equivalence west of Granville Street, which can only be realized by acquiring ownership of the Annex site and building a new primary school there. The Court refused to grant the injunction sought by the parents of the Annex, in particular because it would have further delayed the implementation of section 23 of the Charter<\/em> in this region of Vancouver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his reasons for judgment, Justice Crerar explained that the rights of parents of children eligible for French-language education must be weighed in the balance against the request for the injunction. Justice Crerar confirms that the violations of section 23 of the Charter<\/em> must be remedied as soon as possible: \u201cThis sclerosis persists in the face of repeated reminders from the Supreme Court of Canada that requisite francophone education must be implemented without delay.\u201d\u201cThe Francophonie has just reached a new milestone in primary education in Vancouver,\u201d explains Marie-Pierre Lavoie, president of the CSF. However, she points out that \u201cthe CSF must become the owner of the Annex site, and not just a tenant of the VBE.\u201d The CSF will continue to work hard to buy the site and build the long-awaited building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since it was established in 1995, the CSF has been providing educational programs and services promoting the comprehensive development and cultural identity of the province\u2019s Francophone students. A partner in the advancement of the Francophone community in B.C., the CSF now has 47 schools and serves around one hundred communities throughout the province.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" **English version below** Le 9 juin 2023Richmond (Colombie-Britannique) COMMUNIQU\u00c9 Le Conseil scolaire francophone se rapproche […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communaute"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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