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For 40 years now Townshippers’ Association has been at the forefront of community engagement, pursuing its mission to promote the interests of the English-speaking community in Quebec’s historical Eastern Townships, strengthen its cultural identity, and encourage the full participation of the English-speaking population in the community at large. We work on behalf of approximately 40,000 English-speakers who are spread across a region that is larger than Belgium in its geography; stretching from Philipsburg in the west to Megantic in the east, and from Inverness in the north to the U.S. border in the south. As indicated in the past in briefs submitted by the association during previous public commission debates around school boards and their governance, Townshipper’s Association fully supports the position that parents, education professionals and community members need to have a greater voice in the governance of schools and the services they provide to both students and the community. This bill, as did similar legislation introduced and subsequently abandoned in the recent past, provides an opportunity to evaluate the importance of these governance structures and propose new and innovative means for improving decision-making processes that will enhance the quality of education for English-speaking minority students, especially in regards to curriculum, pedagogy and student success. However Bill 40 purports to uphold the English-speaking minority language community’s right to the management and control of its educational institutions and maintain a certain level of community involvement, it fails to demonstrate how the structural changes it puts forth will positively impact student success, alleviate costs associated with elections and ensure that democratic processes are upheld through ensuring accuracy in electoral lists.