Liberals vote against softening of language laws

SHERBROOKE — Despite an emotional appeal by anglophone delegates to help save the declining English school system, Liberal youth delegates have voted down the idea of a possible softening of the French Language Charter.
After a 45-minute debate at their annual policy convention, a strong majority of delegates voted down a motion proposing a pilot project in which normally inadmissible francophones would be allowed into the English school system.
But there were emotional appeals from the Mo