One of the problems for us at the Association francophone des parents du Nouveau-Brunswick is that things like specialized health services are not accessible in several regions. Families call me up because they are trying to find a francophone speech therapist and it's impossible to find one. The wait lists are for three years. There are still serious problems. If we are talking about the Acadian Peninsula and the northwestern and northeastern part of the province, the community is more anglo-francophone, if I may describe it in this way. In fact, the majority is now francophone. However, here the southeastern part of the province, in Kent county, in Saint John, in Fredericton and in Miramichi, there is still an enormous amount of work to be done in terms of services for francophones. For example, offices for federal services have been moved. Some of the offices that have been closed are also causing enormous harm to francophones, even though we make up 33% of the population.
On November 7th, 2006. See this statement in context.