Comité 73, the student-led movement to build a brand new French-language, Catholic high school on the current grounds of L’École secondaire catholique La Citadelle, has a new ally in its corner.

The Association Canadienne-française de l’Ontario — Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (ACFO-SDG) announced its support for Comité 73’s stated goals of securing capital funding from Ontario’s Ministry of Education to build the first new secondary school for francophone students in Eastern Ontario in decades.

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“This support from ACFO-SDG demonstrates the importance of our cause for the entire regional francophone community. This is not only a matter of infrastructure, it is a matter of justice and fairness for francophone youth,” said Comité 73 president Austin Nelson, in a written

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