RoyalDrew said:You talk like you know the in's and out's of NB politics but are you even from there? Ever heard of the NB CORE Party, at one point in the 90's they were the official opposition party in NB. Guess what one of their party platforms was? Getting rid of bilingualism in the province.
NB may have official bilingualism but the economics and politics of the province are completely screwed up. Development and investment basically ends at the Miramichi River Valley and the province may let Acadiennes practice French in school but you just need to drive in the back woods of Northern, NB along the "Peninsule Acadienne" and look at some of the people living in shanty houses on social assistance to realize equal opportunity doesn't necessarily mean equal.
Full disclosure. I'm not from NB and I'm not from Quebec. I am, I think, informed on issues affecting fancophones particularly those outside Quebec. Me being from there or not should not necessarily have any impact on the argument. It would be like me telling you that because you are not a francophone despite seemingly knowing the ins an outs of a particular subject that your arguments are not valid. I would rather not use my cultural or language background to back up an argument and stick with some of the facts. I have family in NB (yes acadians from my maternal side) but that has no impact on what I am saying except the personal link and yes I've been but not often to the province but enough to know that there are some spots I don't want my car to break down (I realise that is a stereotype).
Back to COR though. I am familiar with them. But not intimately. I remember when the Liberals owned every seat in the legislature. I knew someone who was consulting on the procedural nightmare that was causing hence my interest in that particular situation. One of there mandates was to drop the OL act but at the same time they wanted to regionalise language with unilingual French or English if the majority spoke that language. But I believe that the voters were still displeased with the conservatives and their scandals and given that the party was a non entity afterwards should be telling that it was only a fringe movement with no gas.
Granted, an eventual seperation from Quebec might change that mood, however Acadians would likely fight within their own province than join an independant Quebec.