{"id":645,"date":"2014-10-10T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/10\/french-election-primer-for-englis\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:40:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:40:53","slug":"french-election-primer-for-englis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2014\/10\/10\/french-election-primer-for-englis\/","title":{"rendered":"French election primer for English-speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Tracey Arial<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

At least 22,366 English-speaking families will have the right and obligation to vote for commissioners at one of Montreal\u2019s three French School Boards on Nov. 2. <\/p>\n

They come from English-speaking homes attended French public schools in 2012-2013. Anyone else who didn\u2019t make arrangements to transfer to an English school board by Oct. 14 will join them by default.) <\/p>\n

They\u2019ll be choosing from an incredible array of choices. <\/p>\n

There are 122 candidates running for the three French school boards in 36 different divisions on the island. Figuring out who to vote for is tricky, and the school boards don\u2019t make it easy. <\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t know someone in the race, you\u2019ll have to wade through school-board bureaucracy just to figure out the names of potential candidates. <\/p>\n

Incumbents have a clear advantage in such a race. Parents who know the system are more likely to vote, and they only know the names of people already serving. <\/p>\n

Newcomers have to use three different systems to figure out which school board serves their area. They can begin searching the www.electionsquebec.qc.ca<\/a> website or calling 1-888-ELECTION (1-888-353-2846).<\/p>\n

Everything is available in English and voters can simply plug in or tell an agent their postal code to learn which school boards serve their area. <\/p>\n

After that, clarity breaks down. <\/p>\n

Voters are directed from the DGEQ to school boards directly to find out which of 13, 12 or 11 divisions (circonscriptions in French) they reside within. <\/p>\n

The three Montreal school boards offer no English services. <\/p>\n

Marguerite-Bourgeoys\u2019 website does offer a large colourful button that\u2019s clearly labelled Vote 2014. Users can click see links to district maps. Each map is clearly labelled with boroughs or parts of boroughs too. Using that site is relatively painless. <\/p>\n

Pointe du l\u2019\u00cele has a clear button, but voters have to wade through 11 different maps to find out where their division might be. Montreal has a single map, but the button to find it is tiny and the map is too full of information to be clear for this particular purpose. <\/p>\n

Once voters identify their divisions, they can refer to a website that went live Monday: monvote.qc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

That site shows how individual candidates are trying to make voter choices simple by joining together into unofficial parties. Voters can choose between \u201cperseverance\u201d and \u201csuccess.\u201d They can vote for \u201ca modern and open school,\u201d \u201cpriorities: schools\u201d or the \u201cMontreal school renewal coalition.\u201d The Marguerite-Bourgeoys teams are simply running under potential chair names. <\/p>\n

Most divisions have an independent or two for people who don\u2019t like parties, as well. <\/p>\n

Some candidates probably have strong positions on big political issues facing school boards across the province, including school board existence, school board financing and transparency. To discover that however,voters will have to attend rallies and speeches\u2014most of those will be in French.<\/p>\n

Marguerite-Bourgeoys basics<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 36 candidates will run in Marguerite-Bourgeoys\u2019 13 divisions. <\/p>\n

\u2022 Two people, Diane Lamarche-Venne and Max Martel running against one another for chair. <\/p>\n

\u2022 One acclamation likely: Abi Kon\u00e9 in division 3, which covers the western portion of the St. Laurent borough. <\/p>\n

Website: www.csmb.qc.ca<\/a>
\nPhone: [514] 855-4500 <\/p>\n

Montreal basics <\/b>
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\n\u2022 42 candidates will run in the Commission scolaire de Montr\u00e9al\u2019s 12 divisions. <\/p>\n

\u2022 Four candidates are running for chair, Martin Boyer, Jocelyne Cyr, Christine Fournier and Catherine Harel Bourdon. <\/p>\n

Website: csdm.ca<\/a>
\nPhone: [514] 596-6000 <\/p>\n

Pointe de l\u2019\u00eele basics <\/b>
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\n\u2022 36 candidates are running for spots with Pointe de l\u2019\u00cele\u2019s 11 divisions.
\n\u2022 Vincent Arciresi and Miville Boudreault are running against one another for chair. <\/p>\n

Website: www.cspi.qc.ca<\/a>
\nPhone: [514] 642-9520
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