{"id":403,"date":"2023-11-23T15:58:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T20:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/?page_id=403"},"modified":"2024-02-28T18:13:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T23:13:54","slug":"13-avril-1920","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/13-avril-1920\/","title":{"rendered":"April 13, 1920"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Now It\u2019s Time to Get Along:
The \u201cBonne Entente\u201d Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In 1912, the Ontario government introduced Regulation 17, a directive limiting the use of French as a language of instruction to the first two years of elementary school. This decree triggered a political crisis. The Franco-Ontarian population mobilized, believing that the government must back down. However, collective action proved insufficient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Franco-Ontarian leaders took the case of French as a language of instruction in the school system to the courts. However, the courts ruled that the Ontario government had the right to restrict the use of French as a language of instruction. Faced with these setbacks, and with acute linguistic tensions arising from the conscription crisis of 1917, Franco-Ontarian leaders reassessed their strategies. They modified their tactics by becoming part of the \u201cbonne entente movement,\u201d which has been created by a group of Ontario and Quebec politicians and businessmen, both English-speaking and French-speaking, who were concerned with national unity.

The present document is a letter sent to the executive of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des femmes canadiennes-fran\u00e7aises<\/em> proposing membership in this movement. To resolve the school dispute, the time had come for diplomacy, \u201cas women know how to do,\u201d declares the document. The club\u2019s constitution called for \u201cevery effort to be made to create harmony and affection among the various elements\u201d of the population. The objectives were to promote learning of the country\u2019s two official languages and to encourage the provincial government to abolish Regulation 17.

The document highlights the political role played by Franco-Ontarian women in the school conflict. For example, in January 1916, some of them used their hatpins to prevent police officers from entering Ottawa\u2019s Guigues School, where teachers were giving classes in French. They remained on duty until the end of the school year. A few years later, when the \u201cgood understanding\u201d strategy took hold, women again were involved. This strategy proved successful, but required patience on the part of its supporters. It was not until 1927 that the Ontario government abandoned enforcement of Regulation 17, which was finally formally abolished in 1944. (See \u201cBilingualism as a Solution to the Crisis Caused by Regulation 17\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Title of the document<\/strong>\u202f:<\/strong> Constitution du Club Bonne Entente soumise \u00e0 l\u2019Ex\u00e9cutif de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des femmes canadiennes-fran\u00e7aises. 

Date\u202f:<\/strong> April 13, 1920

Reference:<\/strong>\u202f:<\/strong> Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa, Centre de recherche sur les francophonies canadiennes (CRCCF), Fonds Association canadienne-fran\u00e7aise de l\u2019Ontario (ACFEO), C2\/<\/strong>137\/<\/strong>2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u202fLe R\u00e8glement\u202fXVII\u202f\u00bb, La pr\u00e9sence fran\u00e7aise en Ontario\u202f: 1610, passeport pour 2010,<\/em> CRCCF, Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa<\/a><\/span>

\u00ab\u202fLa F\u00e9d\u00e9ration nationale des femmes canadiennes-fran\u00e7aises (FNFCF)\u202f\u00bb, La pr\u00e9sence fran\u00e7aise en Ontario\u202f: 1610, passeport pour 2010,<\/em> CRCCF, Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printed sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bock, Michel, et Fran\u00e7ois Charbonneau (dir.). Le si\u00e8cle du R\u00e8glement\u202f17. Regards sur une crise scolaire et nationale,<\/em> Sudbury, Prise de parole, 2015.

Brunet, Lucie. Almanda Walker-Marchand (1868-1949). Une f\u00e9ministe franco-ontarienne de la premi\u00e8re heure<\/em>, Ottawa, Les \u00c9ditions L\u2019Interligne, 1992.

Desjardins, Mich\u00e8le. Les femmes de la diaspora canadienne-fran\u00e7aise. Br\u00e8ve histoire de la FNFCF de 1914 \u00e0 1991<\/em>, Ottawa, F\u00e9d\u00e9ration nationale des femmes canadiennes-fran\u00e7aises, 1991.

Talbot, Robert. \u00ab\u202fUne r\u00e9conciliation insaisissable\u202f: le mouvement de la bonne entente, 1916-1930\u202f\u00bb, Mens<\/em>, vol.\u202f8, no<\/sup>\u202f1 (automne\u202f2007), p.\u202f67-125. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Il faut maintenant s\u2019entendre\u202f:le club de la \u00ab\u202fbonne entente\u202f\u00bb  En 1912, le gouvernement de l\u2019Ontario met en place le R\u00e8glement\u202f17, une directive qui limite aux deux premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9mentaire l\u2019utilisation du fran\u00e7ais comme langue d\u2019instruction. Cette d\u00e9cision d\u00e9clenche une crise politique. La population franco-ontarienne se mobilise, estimant que le gouvernement doit reculer. L\u2019action collective […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60472210,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-403","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pfdu74-6v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60472210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}