To alleviate this problem, the department of National Defence in February 1968 established a formula providing that "where education facilities providing instruction in one or other of the official languages of Canada, consistent with the language normally used in the home and with that received during previous periods of instruction, are not available... an education allowance may be granted to defray the cost of the required education."1 The department pays up to $1,300 a year per child under this formula.
Étant donné que les programmes et la langue d’enseignement dans les écoles de la Défense nationale se déterminent à partir des politiques provinciales en ces matières, le ministère ne peut ouvrir de classes ou d’écoles francophones dans la plupart des provinces canadiennes.