Editing Regulation 17 (section)

{{Short description|Regulation of the Government of Ontario, Canada}}
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'''Regulation 17''' ({{langx|fr|Règlement 17}}) was a regulation of the [[Government of Ontario]], Canada, designed to limit instruction in French-language Catholic [[separate schools]]. The regulation was written by the [[Ministry of Education (Ontario)|Ministry of Education]] and was issued in July 1912 by the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] government of [[Premier of Ontario|premier]] Sir [[James P. Whitney]].<ref name="tce">Barber, Marilyn. "[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ontario-schools-question Ontario Schools Question]", in ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', retrieved November 20, 2008</ref> It forbade teaching French beyond grade two in all separate schools.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The History of a Diocese In Northern Ontario|publisher=Editions du Signe|year=2014|isbn=978-2-7468-3158-2|location=Strasbourg France|pages=15}}</ref>

In 1913, the Jesuits opened Collège Sacré-Coeur in Sudbury.  It was bilingual up until 1914, at which time the Government of Ontario granted it a Charter and made no mention of language or religion.  The College did not come under authority of the Department of Education for its programs or any subsidies.  In 1916, the College became a free institution that was exclusively French.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The History of a Diocese in Northern Ontario|publisher=Éditions du Signe|year=2014|isbn=978-2-7468-3158-2|location=Strasbourg France|pages=17}}</ref>

Regulation 17 was amended in 1913, and it is that version that was applied throughout Ontario.<ref name="slmc">SLMC. "[http://www.salic-slmc.ca/showpage.asp?file=legislations_ling/documents_hist/1912_reglement_17&language=en&updatemenu=false&noprevnext Regulation 17: Circular of Instruction No. 17 for Ontario Separate Schools for the School Year 1912–1913]", in ''Site for Language Management in Canada'', retrieved November 20, 2008</ref> As a result, French Canadians distanced themselves from the subsequent [[Canada in World War I|World War I]] effort, as its young men refused to enlist.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gordon L. Heath|title=Canadian Churches and the First World War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4INBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT82|year=2014|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|pages=82–83|isbn=9781630872908}}</ref> The regulation was later repealed in 1927.