CPF-BC & Yukon Meets with Government MLAs and Senior Education Officials in Victoria Including Richard Stewart MLA

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Creek and Laurin Shadforth of Burnaby in a whirlwind of meetings in Victoria. They met with 15 Members of the Government Caucus at a meeting Wednesday morning followed by a detailed meeting with Richard Stewart, the MLA responsible for Francophone and French-Language Affairs for the government. Tighe-Lovsin had met last week with Education Minister Tom Christensen.</p> <p>"We were delighted with the response we received here in Victoria. We were able to brief MLAs on the spectacular breakthrough in French Immersion enrolment this year in British Columbia. With 35,468 students, it is the fifth consecutive record year. In addition, we asked our representatives to press the Federal Government to proceed with implementing its commitment to BC under the Federal Action Plan on Official Languages and to raise issues such as the teacher shortage in specialty subjects and the need to support programs in rural schools," said Tighe-Lovsin.</p> <p>In particular Tighe-Lovsin thanked Richard Stewart MLA for his openness and assistance during CPF's "Day of Celebration and Action" at the Parliament Building in Victoria. "Richard is a strong advocate for programs of choice and language education in our public schools," concluded Tighe-Lovsin.</p> <p>Canadian Parents for French (CPF) is the national network of volunteers that values French as an integral part of Canada and is dedicated to the promotion and creation of French second language learning opportunities for young Canadians. BC is by far the largest provincial branch of CPF with more than 6,400 members organized in 48 communities across BC and the Yukon.<br> </p> <p align="center">-30-</p> <p>For more information, please contact Adrian Dix, Executive Director, CPF-BC & Yukon Branch <br>phone: 604-524-0134 or 1-800-665-1222 <br>or fax: 604-524-0135 .</p> <p> <br> </p> <p class="updated">The information on this page was late updated: October 26, 2004. <br> This page was last modified October 26, 2004.</P> <div align="center"> </td> <td width="80px"> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="contact"> <a class="ccontact" href="../../Other/FramePages/f_reachus.shtml" target="_top">Contact CPF - BC & Yukon</a> | <a class="ccontact" href="mailto:webmaster@cpf.bc.ca">Report Website Problems</a> | <a class="ccontact" href="../../Other/FramePages/f_termsConditions.shtml" target="_top">Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy</a></p> <div class="copyrgt"> Copyright © 2000-2006 Canadian Parents for French-British Columbia & Yukon Branch <br> All rights reserved. </div> <p> </p> </div> </td></tr></table> </body>