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Community leaders in Woodstock say the Holt Liberals need to make a better effort to explain why they are studying the idea of a francophone school in the area.
Holt government says census data justifies study, but project not a done deal
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 23, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago
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Woodstock Mayor Trina Jones has raised concerns about the province’s plans for a francophone school in the community. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Community leaders in Woodstock say the Holt Liberals need to make a better effort to explain why they are studying the idea of a francophone school in the area.
The announcement in December’s capital budget caught the overwhelmingly anglophone town by surprise and provoked some pushback.
“What we were hearing was a lot of confusion, and people just outright initially thought, ‘that has to be wrong,’” Mayor Trina Jones said in an interview.
At a Dec. 16 council meeting, Coun. Julie Calhoun-Williams said anyone in Woodstock “knows that you can probably count on two hands at the most” how many francophone families live there.
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