In April, francophone teachers announced their intentions to join the strike, and formed the Association d'éducation de l'Ouest Nipissing (AÉON).
That summer, two francophone newspapers, Le Journal and Coup d'oeil, were also formed to report on the crisis, and another petition was launched, collecting the signatures of 75 of the 106 teachers at the mixed-language school.
On 2 August, Premier Bill Davis was approached on the subject during a visit to North Bay and refused to get involved, stating that the school board was autonomous.
The next day, the Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario (ACFO) and Franco-Ontarian newspaper Le Droit launched Opération anti-assimilation to rally support for the students.
[12] By the end of September, the North Bay and District Board of Education still refusing to create a francophone secondary school and the crisis attracting widespread public and media attention and support, including from Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis and Ontario Liberal Party leader Robert Nixon, 200 students launched an occupation of the school building.
A week later, the North Bay and District Board of Education announced that it had accepted in principle to build a francophone school, stating that the government had assured them of financial assistance for the construction.
"[20] The C'est l'temps civil disobedience campaign led to the Ontario justice system becoming officially bilingual in 1984 and then the French Language Services Act in 1986.