A historic battle for Franco-Ontarians

It has been 10 years on this very day, that the Franco-Ontarian Flag has been officially recognized by the province. This symbol is a source of pride for Francophones and Francophiles in Ontario who, each day, take on the courageous decision of living their daily lives in French. Our flag is also a reminder of the epic battles that our communities have fought, throughout our history, in order to allow the French language to take its rightful place in this province.

It would be quite a task (unfortunately) to attempt to list each of these epic battles, but one in particular is certainly worth mentioning: The fight of Franco-Ontarians from Penetanguishene to obtain their very first French-language high school which began back in 1979. Maybe it isn’t a coincidence that Radio-Canada, CBC’s French-language service, chose today, June 21, to air a documentary entitled L’école de la résistance de Penetanguishene that recounts the story of this epic battle tonight à 7:30 p.m. during the Tout le monde en parlait program.

I invite you to tune in to this documentary tonight that will also be available on the Web, a few hours after the broadcast.