translate English to French: Many of them believed that two years in French at Petawawa with no guarantee of French classes on their next postings (for example, in Saskatchewan or British Columbia) would disrupt their children’s progress; (2) the future of bilingual classes did not look very bright, with a total enrolment of 30; "Why send children to classes for just a few months?"; and (3) Francophone parents were indifferent or perhaps afraid of their military superiors or of a backlash from the English-speaking majority.
Or, le dossier qui renferme les questionnaires qui avaient été remplis par les parents francophones en octobre 1965 donne des résultats bien différents quant au nombre d’élèves qui fréquenteraient les classes bilingues, si elles ouvraient leurs portes en septembre 1966: Maternelle 1re année 2e année 3e année 4e année Total — — — — — 25 30 40 24 27 146