I agree completely. I have been in both the core program and the early french immersion program (which I began in grade 4) and have to say I am very thankful to have the knowledge of French that I do. It has been very helpful.

What I don't understand is that now, in Canada's ONLY bilingual province, students are being given LESS of an oppurtunity to learn French than students in Alberta and Brittish Columbia. Is this fair? NO. So, because the government feels the excellent EFI program is costing them too much, they're getting rid of it and settling for having a generation of people who can speak mediocre French?

If they think it is weakening the system; it is not. The truth is, there are more behavior problems in the English program, BUT even if they eliminate EFI, there will still be the same amount of problems as they are caused on a more personal level and can't be changed by the school system.