DRUMMONDVILLE, Que.– The government did an about turn on school board reform, announcing Friday they were scrapping their school board reform, Bill 86.

Now they have decided to follow the lead of some of the bill’s biggest critics.

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“We need to say to our English-speaking fellow Quebecers that the way they did things, the way they conducted their school boards and their schools is the way to go for all Quebecers,” Premier Philippe Couillard said to Liberal delegates in his closing speech Sunday afternoon at the Liberal Party’s bi-annual Conseil General in Drummondville.

Quebec’s English schools have a higher student success rate than French schools.

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Couillard told reporters: “I want our communities to show the same level of involvement in our school system as does the English community. I think also this is one of the key reasons for their success.”

He was careful to also add, “Some of our French school boards also have similar rates of success so I don’t want this to be a complete linguistic divide here.”

The premier said while the Liberal Party has always held education as a main priority, their focus on improving the education system comes now because of the balanced budget.

“We have money to invest because we have achieved fiscal balance,” he said.