Quebec English School Boards Association - Media Advisory

MONTREAL, June 2 /CNW Telbec/ - The President of the Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA), Debbie Horrocks, accompanied by Marcus Tabachnick, Chair of the Lester B. Pearson School Board and Angela Mancini, Chair of the English Montreal School Board will hold a news conference on the draft bill amending the Charter of the French Language on access to English schooling, at:

    
                1410 Stanley, 8th Floor (Angle Ste-Catherine)
                                 3:00 p.m.*


    All three will be available for one-on-one interviews following their
    statement.

    * This news conference is contingent upon confirmation of deposit of
    this draft bill this morning.
    

QESBA is the voice of English public education in Quebec. Its nine member boards serve some 110,000 students in elementary and high schools, adult and vocational centres across Quebec.

For further information: Kim Hamilton, Director of Communications, [phone], ext.: 225, [phone], Cell.