Always good to open new schools. Perhaps, Mr. Higgs will send us pictures. The Government of New Brunswick has just opened its first international francophone school in Tunisia, in partnership with a private company. Dubbed "Acadie", this French-language school built in Sousse, in the east of the country, officially opened this spring. It is headed […more]

You know the language issue is the biggest and most damaging issue facing the comfortable sleeping English speaking community today and............ There is a conflict going on between the Anglophone and Francophone communities that has been sustained for literally hundreds of years. The resolution to this conflict is not much closer to being attained today. […more]

Listen to the video below. Mr. Higgs stated that no one should be denied a job or promotion on the basis of language. He wants to know if that is happening. Fourteen Anglophone paramedic’s recently wrote in a letter to the media stating it in fact had happened to them. If you know of someone […more]

It is definitely interesting how one’s position in society at a given time affects how they view “fairness”. Historically, individuals or groups who enjoy dominate positions in society tend not to talk much about fairness. In this “push and pull” battle between French and English here in New Brunswick, how Anglos saw fairness back in […more]

See any bias here? https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/court-challenges-program/members-official-language-rights-panel.html?fbclid=IwAR2AOhERHqZY-cXNw_4gW8SkzOnhwip7w9HXm6oSanOGTJE6c1QHLkn1X1g The Official Language Rights Expert Panel is composed of the following members: Thomas Maillet Emanuelle Richez Johane Tremblay Marie-Claude Rioux Gilles Levasseur André Poulin-Denis

According to The Pew Research Center, almost every country in Europe requires students as young as six to learn a foreign language, usually English. Even more impressive, over 20 European countries (including France) require students to learn two foreign languages in school for at least one school year. ””Just not in French immersion”” but rather […more]

This paramedic situation is just a dog’s breakfast for sure. Here is a testimonial that makes you wonder. ----------------------------------------------------- Hey New Brunswick, I think it’s for you to know that my husband has been working for 5 years for our government as a paramedic. In those 5 years he has been working more than full […more]

Do Not Let This Go! Listen to the video below. Mr. Higgs stated that no one should be denied a job or promotion to a job on the basis of language. He wants to know if that is happening. Fourteen Anglophone paramedic’s recently wrote in a letter to the media stating it in fact had […more]

This piece is a little long, but it is necessary and important to explain the position English speaking folks are in with respect to employment in government or any company that falls under the Official Languages Act. There are several quotes from Katherine D’Entremont, our last language commissioner. She unwittingly explained the barrier that bilingualism […more]

Here is the explanation of why the paramedic situation is being managed the way it is. In September of 2013, our Language Commissioner received a complaint about language service on an ambulance call. The two ambulance attendants were unilingual English and were responding to a call to a French individual. Their lack of capability in […more]

Sorry this is complicated but there are actually four types of duality: • Education duality • Healthcare duality • Linguistic Duality • Busing duality   Education Duality This came about as a demand by the Francophone community and was codified into law in Bill 88 in 1982. That Bill specified that the Francophone community would […more]