He's not a politician but he received more coverage from the media than all the MLA'S together.
He always brings up important issues to the forefront that no MLA'S will do!!!
My individual of the year would be Bernard Richard!!!
What do you think????
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For once Charles, you're right about something!
This would be great if he is able to finish his dream of a separate Acadian province, otherwise the Acadians will disappear, as all the English children learn french and rule the province as the constitution requires after the french gave up all territories to the British.
Only hope is for Acadians to join quebec,who,unlike NB french,have out maneuvered the federal government in gaining Nation status.
So what do you think is most achievable,control of NB ,which is 80% English,or nationhood with Quebec,which is 95% French?
Bernard Lord.
Always tells it like it is.
You can't engineer language
National Post
Published: Friday, December 28, 2007
We reported it, but we have to admit it scarcely counts as news: Canada will not reach the federal government's stated goal of having half of its high school graduates capable of speaking both French and English by the year 2013. So says Bernard Lord, the former New Brunswick premier who is currently preparing a report on the state of Canada's official languages. According to the latest figures from Statistics Canada, which were released Dec. 4, the trend in English-French bilingualism amongst Canadians aged 15-19 is actually headed downward. In the 1996 census, the rate of bilingualism in the age group was over 16%; in 2006 it was around 13%. For the population generally, the rate of bilingualism among mother-tongue francophones in Quebec is remaining static at around one-third. For anglophones outside Quebec it grew very slightly in the 10-year period, moving from 8.8% to 9.4%.
By these and other measures, Canadian bilingualism policy appears to be consuming a great deal of money and providing little visible progress.
I think he is a pretty darned good choice Charles. I don't think he received as much media coverage as you do but it is good to see a person in his position taking his job seriously. Even more impressive I think is how he seems to have set aside his old political affiliations. Maybe its true after all that you really can teach an old political dog new tricks hmm?
He would have my vote!
Robert MacKay, Toronto, Ontario
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