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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.
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 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.
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]
At the time of Confederation in 1867, English and French were made the official languages of debate in the Parliament of Canada and the Parliament of Quebec.No specific policies were enacted for the other provinces, and no provisions were made for the official languages to be used in other elements of the government such the courts, schools, post offices, and so on.
For example, education being a provincial domain, New Brunswick has a Minister of Education, while the federal Cabinet would not. The Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick , as representative of the King in Right of New Brunswick , appoints the Premier and the Executive Council of whichever party forms government in a given legislature, which ...
New Brunswick [a] is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces.It is bordered by Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west.
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 .