[Rob Hoadley passed on the following:]
From former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson’s remarks when arriving in Fredericton, Oct 10, 2000:
Not only do you have francophone and anglophone education based on history, but you also have the most successful French-immersion program of any province in Canada. There are more children per capita in French-immersion schools here than in any other province. And as Governor General of the people of Canada, I want to congratulate you on this marvellous achievement. This is a standard to be emulated by the rest of Canada.
Reflecting on the death of Pierre Trudeau, which touched us all so profoundly, I am reminded that his dream of Canada is very much a reality here. New Brunswick is Canada’s only officially bilingual province, a place where the nation’s dual character is a living heritage, the warp and woof of the social fabric of communities, large and small.
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