Nova Scotia's Chéticamp region is home to an extremely dynamic young man named Stéphane Sogne; he's from France. He decided to try his luck and move to Canada, passing through Halifax first, as most do. And, after travelling around the province, he fell in love with Chéticamp. Those who know the area will understand why. He also fell in love, plain and simple. Love has a way of making immigrants stay. He is a drone expert and knows all about their uses for a variety of applications. It's a highly specialized field, and that's what he does from his home in Chéticamp. That's a success story.
We certainly have success stories of immigrants who settled in Acadian areas, but they have been there for so long, we end up forgetting that they were immigrants. Families like the Batas come to mind, families who've been in Nova Scotia for two, three or four generations. We forget that they chose to live in Acadian areas long before a program was put in place to actively encourage immigrants to move to those places.