Au moment de la Confédération, les lois du Bas-Canada don
naient le droit aux deux commissions scolaires d'exister, l'une catholique et l'une protestante, tant à Montréal qu'à Québec. Ailleurs da
ns la province, les parents catholiques ou protestants avaient le droit d'exiger leur propre école catholique ou protestante si - je répè
te - si les parents catholiques composaient la minorité dans un district scolaire à majorité protestante
...[+++] ou si les parents protestants constituaient la minorité dans un district scolaire à majorité catholique.
At Confederation, the laws of Lower Canada provided for Roman Catholic and Protestant school boards in each of Montreal and Quebec City, and, elsewhere in the province, provided that Roman Catholic or Protestant parents had a right to request their own Roman Catholic or Protestant schools if - I repeat - if the Roman Catholic parents were the minority in a predominantly Protestant school district, or if the Protestant parents were the minority in a predominantly Roman Catholic school district.