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English schools are 'heart of the community,' court hears as Bill 40 challenge begins Central Quebec School Board chairperson Stephen Burke spoke Wednesday in Quebec Superior Court of being "a defender of the English communities that are in predominantly French areas." Author of the article: Paul Cherry • Montreal Gazette Publishing date: Apr 14, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Lawyer Perri Ravon and Mark Power leave the courtroom during the Quebec English School Boards Association's challenge of Bill 40 last June. Ravon was back representing QESBA in Quebec Superior Court on Wednesday. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette files Article content School boards are an important part of the checks and balances that ensure the interests of English communities across Quebec are protected, a Superior Court judge was told Wednesday as he began to hear arguments on Bill 40.
MONTREAL -- Quebec's Superior Court on began hearing the legal challenge to Bill 40 on school governance on Wednesday. The bill abolished school boards and replaced them with service centres, giving more power to parents' committees in school service centres. However, school boards were maintained for English speakers as they battle the bill in court. The English school boards are arguing the bill is unconstitutional, because minority groups in Canada have the right to manage their own institutions, guaranteed by section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. "English school boards have the independence and autonomy to challenge certain government decisions, to push back when we believe those decisions are not completely appropriate for our network," said Russell Copeman of the Quebec English Language School Boards Association.