News Release Archive
EDUCATION/CULTURE--GOVERNANCE AGREEMENT FUNDING DETAILS
----------------------------------------------------------
A total of $18 million, cost-shared by the provincial and
federal governments, will be invested to support Acadian and
Francophone school governance in Nova Scotia.
Specifically, the Canada-Nova Scotia Special Agreement,
signed by Canadian Heritage Minister Michel Dupuy and Nova
Scotia Education and Culture Minister John MacEachern in
Ottawa Monday, will provide $6 million over three years in
funding to implement Acadian and Francophone school
governance in Nova Scotia. An additional $12 million will be
invested over five years, beginning in 1996-97, through the
Official Languages in Education Program. This funding will
support specific plans now being developed by Nova Scotia's
implementation committee on school governance, and to
undertake necessary capital projects.
"I want to sincerely thank the federal government for its
strong support," said Allister Surette, the Nova Scotia
government's special policy advisor on Acadian-Francophone
governance. "It certainly confirms that our government is
going in the right direction and is willing to work in
partnership with Acadians and Francophones to enable them to
be directly involved in our children's education."
Mr. Surette added that the funding is a real boost to the
work of the Acadian-Francophone implementation committee.
"We have been working very hard on developing a plan to
support excellence in education for Acadian and Francophone
students, and to help preserve our culture," he said. "Now
we know we will have the dollars to turn our plans into
action."
Specific details on allocating the funding will be worked
out between federal and provincial officials.
-30-
Contact: Donna MacDonald, 902-424-2615 to arrange interviews
with Mr. Surette.
trp Oct. 25, 1995
