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It is charged with the relations between New Brunswick and other provinces, the federal government, and for international relations such as its involvement in the Council of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers and La Francophonie. The department was established on June 21, 1999, when Premier Bernard Lord took office.
New Brunswick has typically experienced less emigration than its size and economic situation would suggest, probably because of the low rate of emigration of its Francophone population. [1] New Brunswick was predicted to continue low or negative population growth in the long term due to interprovincial migration and a low birth rate.
It is charged with the protection of the public interest and, as such, oversees the insurance industry, financial institutions, pensions and rental housing. The department was established on February 14, 2006 when Premier Bernard Lord restructured government under the name Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs .
The Government of New Brunswick (French: Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the provincial government of the province of New Brunswick. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867 .
The Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick (SANB), known in English as the Acadian Society of New Brunswick, is an organization representing Francophones and Acadians in New Brunswick, [1] the only bilingual province in Canada and the largest Acadian population in the country. [2]
The ministry was founded on 5 November 1968, a decision made by then Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand.The reasons for the creation of the ministry were: to prevent French from losing its dominant position in Quebec society as the birth rate of French Canadians fell, and to attract immigrants from the French-speaking world to Quebec. [2]
This is a list of the member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.These governments belong to an international organisation representing countries and regions where French is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers) or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
The province also has a high proportion of people that speak both languages, with 246,000 people, or 33.2% of the population speaking English and French (though Francophones make up two-thirds of those who are bilingual). [11] Language policy is a perennial issue in New Brunswick politics and society.