Edited sentence: Education in French was allowed until the Conservative government banned French education under Regulation XVII in 1912-1913.Franco-Ontarian presence in Ontario dates back to the mid-17th century.French educational rights across Canada are now guaranteed by constitutional rights where the numbers warrant.It was only in the late 1960s that Franco-Ontarians renewed their campaign for French language education rights.The history of French language rights in Ontario goes back as far as the British North America Act