EMSB PROCEEDING WITH PLANS FOR BY-ELECTION IN CÔTE SAINT-LUC-HAMPSTEAD
MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 13, 2015- English Montreal School Board Director General Ann Marie Matheson has instructed staff to
proceed with plans for the December 13 commissioner by-election in the Côte Saint-Luc-Hampstead
district.
On November 11 Quebec
Minister of Education François Blais tabled a bill aimed at
halting commissioner by-elections like the one being held at the EMSB in Cote
St Luc – Hampstead in December. But the
bill was neither passed nor defeated.
Everyone is just waiting for a decision.
“With advance polling
scheduled for December 6, we don’t have time for any delays,” said Ms.
Matheson. “Until we are told otherwise,
we must presume that the election will take place.”
EMSB Chairman Angela
Mancini said it is unclear whether this bill will be adopted before the
National Assembly concludes its fall session. “It is absolutely unfair for the
candidates to be left hanging like this,” she said. “We certainly owe it to
them and to the electorate to ensure that democratic and legal process takes
place. At this point, neither the Education Ministry nor the Director General
of Elections has told us to halt this process.
So our administration will follow the law as it stands.”
The
candidates are Michèle Cohen, Bernard Praw and
Charlotte Sarah Smoley.
Any parent who has a child registered in an EMSB youth sector
school as of September 30, 2015 is automatically on the electoral list. Any elector in the EMSB territory who registered
on the EMSB electoral list as of November 2007 is also still on the list. For more information about the official electoral
list, please call 514- 483 7200 ext. 8800 (EMSB election office).
Note: The sign-up form is available online at www.emsb.qc.ca.
There will be two revision offices open where electors may sign
up. One at the school board located at
6000 Fielding Avenue, and the other in the former Wager High School building
located at 5785 Parkhaven in Côte Saint-Luc. The revision period is: November
18 (10 am to 1 pm and 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm), November 19 (2:30 pm to 5:30 pm and 7
pm to 10 pm) and Tuesday, November
24 (10 am to 1 pm, 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm and 7 pm to 10 pm).
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Contact:
Michael
J. Cohen
Communications
and Marketing Specialist
English
Montreal School Board
(514)
483-7200, ext. 7243
I think this behavior is very careless, I hope you guys get a response soon from the officials. Thank you for informing everybody about the current update.
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