{"id":110906,"date":"2025-11-04T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurivision.ca\/?p=110906"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:34:35","slug":"keys-to-the-court-the-conseil-scolaire-francophone-de-la-colombie-britannique-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurivision.ca\/en\/keys-to-the-court-the-conseil-scolaire-francophone-de-la-colombie-britannique-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Keys to the Court: The &#8220;Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique&#8221; Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>French schools in British Columbia have long faced chronic underfunding and inadequate infrastructure. Marie-Pierre Lavoie and other parents of the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique took matters into their own hands and sued the province for failing to provide adequate French-language education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This documentary traces Marie-Pierre\u2019s journey from a concerned parent to a community leader in one of the most significant education cases in Canadian history. 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