Meeting Minutes from 17 March

EFI Concerned Citizens’ Meeting

Monday, March 17, 2008

Chaired by: Amanda Cockshutt, Diana Hamilton and Matt Litvak.

• Information was presented on the CBC Forum on French instruction at the Capital Theatre.
• Diana and Matt did a brief review of the errors in the Lee/Kroll report.

Discussed were options for immediate action:

• Media blitz.
• Letter writing blitz. All were asked to send a print letter (not electronic) to all MLAs, Kelly Lamrock, the Premier and to copy all correspondence to the blog.
• Continue with Marshview Middle School petition started by Rosemary Cockshutt
• E-mail Mount A students to inform them of the report and changes to EFI
• Protest in Fredericton
• Identify a unifying slogan
• Demand the resignation of the Minister of Education
• Revisit the provincial charter on bilingualism
• Revisit the federal Heritage Act
• Blitz each MLA office in the province
• Investigate the legalities that there was no disclaimer on the EFI application sent to Kindergarten parents: Does this constitute a signed contract?
• Investigate the possibilities of litigation as an intention to mislead the public
• Investigate the necessary changes to the Education Act
• Lobby Liberal Memramcook MLA, Bernard LeBlanc for support
• Parent petition
• Tintamarre
• Contact all New Brunswick MPs for support as there may be a federal election soon, particularly Dominic LeBlanc
• Investigate the impact that the loss of EFI will have on Sackville’s designation as a Cultural Capital
• Contact the NB Ombudsman office

Concrete ideas to move on immediately:

Letter writing

Protest in Fredericton

Tintamarre March in Sackville