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wemece ' RIGHT OF CHOICE 'Education' -- Front Line Of Defence For Language OTTAWA (CP)--The right of parents to have their children educated in either English or French should be recognized in all educational systems, written into provincial law, and incorpo- rated in the constitution, says the royal commission on bilin- gualism and biculturalism. "Education {s the front line of defence for the language and hence for the cultural existence of a people," it says in its re- port issued Tuesday night. It recommends an amend- ment to Section 93, which deals with education, of the British North America Act to guarantee official recognition of both lan- guages across Canada. It is left to the federal and provincial governments to de- cide on the wording. SUGGEST GUIDE But the commission recom- mends the following amend- ment, in the form of an addition- al paragraph, as a guide: ' "Byery province shall es- tablish and maintain elemen- tary and secondary schools in which English is the sole or main language of instruction, and tary and d schools in which French is the sole or main language of in- struction, in bilingual districts and other appropriate areas under conditions to be deter- mined by provincial law; but nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit schools in which English and French have equal importance as languages of instruction, or schools in which instruction may be given in some other language." Section 93 has protected the educational rights of religious minorities but has failed to pro- tect language rights, the report says, CITE INEQUALITIES One result has been 'grave inequalities' in opportunities for French-speaking minorities to have an education in their mother tongue. Linguistic equality was ensh- rined in Quebec's education sys- tem but not firmly guaranteed for the country as a whole. "We recommend that the right of Canadian parents to have their children educated in the official language of their choice be recognized in the edu- cational systems, the degree bos ation to the concentration of the por ed ity population." The commission says this is basic to the more specific re- THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, December 7, 1967 7 ficially bilingual provinces," should agree jointly on norms for minority education. "In Ontario and New Bruns- wick, it is a matter of officially recognizing what now is unoffi- cial practice, of adopting stand- ard procedures for establishing these schools throughout the province." Elsewhere, minority educa- tional facilities under provincial jurisdiction would centre in the "bilingual districts" the report suggests should be established. ROLE FOR OTTAWA The commission "foresees a role' for Ottawa in helping meet provincial costs for such equivalent systems to provide teachers, texts, supervision, curriculums and so on. This could be "a new dimen- sion in the role of the federal government as the only political institution shared by all Cana- dians," For scattered groups outside bilingual districts , the report suggests "a formal procedure by which a minority can assert its right to such a school." This would get around rejection by school boards of such applica- ry| tions. It says provincial depart- ments of education should for- mally state requirements and procedures for setting up minor- ity-language schools for such groups. WEEKLY CLASSES For scattered minority fami- lies, a few separate classes weekly of instruction in the mother tongue might be provid- ed, Boarding schools or televi- sion teaching also might be use- ful. It was essential for cities to provide French-language educa- tional facilities 'for Franco- phones, who, without assurance that they can preserve their children's language, may rightly be reluctant to leave Quebec." The cities would have a major role to play in the network of bilingual centres envisaged by the commission "to give the ac- tual image of the dual nature of Canadian society." It says the cost of administra- tion "will be compensated for by the provision of facilities which will help attract and re- tain French-speaking citizens who might otherwise never come." STIMULATE ENGLISH Another effect would be to stimulate and encourage Eng- lish-speaking citizens interested "need to acquire an adequate command of the Ynguage of the majority." Equal partnership for the French-speaking requireda change of policy 'from offering a minimum of education in their mother tongue to offering a maximum." The report notes that even in the earliest days of British rule in Canada, English and French communities developed sep- arate schools in their own lan- guages, RELIGIOUS FACTOR Another basic point of separa- tion was religion--Protestant in the English schools, Roman Catholic in the French. The BNA Act in 1867 assigned control of education to the prov- inces but protected religious rights in education. However, this didn't guaran- tee English and French as lan- guages of instruction as things turned out. Now, a_ century later, there appeared to be an increasing tendency across Can- ada for French-speaking com- munities to separate the ques- tion of language from religious objectives, The: commission said it feels it is essential to promote es- tablishment of French-language schools 'independently of reli- gious considerations." RECOGNITION VARIES Except in British Columbia and P.E.I., where there are no denominational schools, all provinces have recognized in varying degrees the principle of separate publicly-supported schools based on religion. Where the language of in- struction was concerned, prov- incial legislation was "often sur- prisingly inconclusive." Neither French nor English was given special legal status in the legislation of the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. The schools acts of the three Oral TB Drug Not In Canada TORONTO (CP) -- A new oral anti-tuberculosis drug available for prescription by doctors and hospitals in the United States is not generally available for treating the dis- ease in Ontario, the province's director of TB control said today. Dr. C. H. Rorabeck said in an interview the drug Myambutol, chemically known as Ethambu- tol, has been used on a limited/ experimental basis. "We are aware of it and cer- tain studies are being con- ducted,"' he said. Dr. Rorabeck said the drug would probably become widely used in the province if the stud- ies show it improves treatment of the disease and if it receives approval from the federal Food| and Drug Directorate. Myambutol, developed by Lederle Laboratories of Pearl River, N.Y., was marketed in the U.S. Monday following ap- proval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A spokesman for Lederle said| Myambutol proved significantly effective in tuberculosis cases that had become resistant to Standard drugs, It is designed for use in combination with some of the older drugs, espe- cially isoniazid. | French as a language of tn-| struction for up to half the school day, and Saskatchewan had done the same to a lesser | extent. | Prairie provinces were excep- tional in declaring English to be| the official language of instruc-| tion, MANITOBA ACTS Manitoba this year had jemendes its law to allow Taw Canadian Port LONDON WINERY LIMITED RIDE with MERCURY TAXI and WIN a CHRISTMAS TURKEY FREE 1) A says HAVE NO FEAR, SANTA'S HERE WITH BARGAINS GALORE $110 PURCHASE ANDOVER 13 TRANSISTOR SOLID STATE AM/FM SHORT WAVE AC/DC PORTABLE RADIO with tone control, Comp. Value 79.95. 49 12 TRANSISTOR SOLID STATE PORTABLE RADIO $ 95 AM/FM solid wood cobinet. Comp. 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