Le gouvernement québécois dit que ce consensus existe depuis20 ou 30 ans. Il était inutile de consulter les Québécois parce qu'ils ont été maintes fois consultés sur les commissions scolaires linguistiques.
The Government of Quebec has stated that consensus in favour of linguistic school boards has existed for 20 to 30 years, that there was no need to consult the people of Quebec because they have been consulted various times on the issues of linguistic school boards.