By Geoffrey Chambers, president of the Quebec Community Groups Network

The Commission scolaire English-Montréal (CSEM) received a formal 30-day notice from the Minister of Education, Jean-François Roberge, who plans to use his emergency powers to transfer three English schools to the Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l’Île even if the Education Act requires a 18-month consultation before closing or transferring a school. Nor the parents, the school community, or the English-speaking community have been consulted about the move.

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