When it happened, CAIT come out strongly against the Government of New Brunswick's action.
You have to realize that there are two parts to the issue. Of course, it is better to start learning French young. The younger the better. But an immersion program must not become elitist. It must not be a two-tiered program, with all the good students in immersion while everyone else is in the other program. When that happens, the immersion program is in jeopardy. That is unfortunately what happened in your province.