The future of FRANCOTRAIN seemed assured, since the decision had been made to provide it with the necessary bilingual personnel to teach courses in French or to interpret them when necessary for Francophones who had to take courses where English was still used.44 In the circumstances, it should not be surprising that the fifteen-year plan, adopted in the spring of 1972 but prepared in the fall of 1971, gave little space to FRANCOTRAIN. It merely said that adjustments would be made for 1973-1974 and 1974-1975 to what existed at that time and planning of Phase III would be completed.45 In fact, in November 1971, almost a year before Treasury Board accepted the fifteen-year plan, Sharp had ordered a revision of Phase III that in June 1970 had only been planned for 1973.46 The draft revision circulated at
* Connu surtout par l’abréviation anglaise POET.