Manitoba NDP pledge support for francophone community

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The Manitoba New Democratic Party pledged to bolster education support for the francophone community Tuesday, announcing millions in additional funding.

If victorious in the upcoming provincial election, the NDP would provide funding for French-language education at all levels and develop a strategy to train and recruit French teachers, party leader Wab Kinew said, speaking to reporters outside the historic St. Boniface Cathedral.

The promise includes $100,000 in salary funding to restore the assistant deputy minister in the Bureau de l’Éducation française and a $5 million capital investment in the Centre culturel franco-manitobain, the NDP said.

A portion of the provincial education budget would be reserved specifically for French teachers, and additional funding would be used to improve Info Santé phone line services.