e/Robert Pharand

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has gloss	eng: Robert Pharand (born ca. 1956 in Hull, Quebec) was a francophone activist and candidate for the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in 1971. At the time he was a 26 year old graduate student at the University of Ottawa and ran to represent the views of an Ottawa area Young Progressive Conservative clubs which French Canadian students had joined in hopes of drawing attention to the concerns of Franco-Ontarians. Pharand announced his candidacy on January 31, 1971, less than two weeks prior to the February 12th convention and that the University of Ottawa become an exclusively French-speaking institution He also bucked existing Tory policy by advocating the extension of funding for Catholic schools until Grade 13. It was not until 1985 that the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party would reverse its long-standing opposition to extending separate school funding and implement the proposal.
lexicalization	eng: Robert Pharand
instance of	c/People from Ottawa