i dont care what anyone says, there is more french people that can speak english than english people that can speak french. english is pretty much the international language so if someone can't speak to someone in english living in restigouche county, theres something wrong, i was raised english but i can speak a bit of french, i come across people all the time who are pure french and can't speak a word of english! they must of been living under a rock all there lives. theres no excuse for living in this area and not being able to speak english, i dont care what anyone says.....

Kevin, the problem is there ARE no equivalent English groups. Any time people talk about starting one up, those people are immediately branded as intolerant and are somehow linked to the old Confederation of Regions party. No wonder English people do not want to speak up on this issue. Meanwhile, organizations like SAANB go around stirring up controversy and spreading mistruths.

Why can't we all just get along?? Why do these french groups keep going around looking for this and that to criticize?? They can never be satisfied!

Clearly anyone shopping in Dalhousie or Campbellton KNOWS that you have NO PROBLEM getting service in french! I just don't understand this "survey"!? It does not reflect the truth!

i agree with Kevin Main and the other people that replied to this article! there should be more people servicing to the english speaking people as well! if you go to the hospital on one day or another, just look in the employee parking lot and look at their licence plates! you would see more Quebec plates than there is New Brunswick ones! if you go anywheres in campbellton, dalhousie, athoville, any other places in our county, you will be greeted in french first! and i would have to tell them i don't speak french! i would like to see more english speaking people out there in job fields!

I agree with you all too! when someone starts in french and goes in and out of the conversation in half and half it pisses me off. if i reply back in english they being public workers should be trained in both english and french since this is the only bilingual province should speak to me in english...... what you all think? im tired of this bonjour moi nom cest t pierre how u doin la?
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Well when I shop in campbellton I am always talked to in french,even if they hear me speak english. Try and go to any of the dollarama stores not one person there speaks english,you can ask any one of them where something is and they don't have any idea what your talking about. But if you apply for a job there it says right on the application that you have to be bilingual,what a laugh.Bilungual to them means you must speak french or be english and be fluent in french. I am english but can speak some french,but since this article came out I now want to be served in my language.For all you english people out there stand up for your language because before you know it campbellton will be part of Quebec and it will be all french.

Nothing wrong with being bilingual, but, if you speak to someone in English, they should assist you in English, or apologize and find someone who does speak English, and if you speak to them in French, they should respond to you in French, if they don't speak French, get them someone who does. I think it is very rude to ask for assistance in one language and be answered in another.

I would have to agree with Kevin,there is more French speaking in the stores. When I go shopping I have a hard time finding someone THAT can speak English.when I go to the Dollar Store there's no one there that can speak English.From now on my money is English and thats the way I want to be served.

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I agree with almost all said so far. I think it's time English speaking people started standing up for themselves. If we don't we run the risk of losing our heritage in this region, which has been slowly disappearing for many years now. It's a shame to realize that the only store that you can find some English in now is from the U.S.A. Of course I'm talking about Walmart and that is pretty much the only store I go to now for this very reason. So to all the English speaking people who want change I think now is the time to do something for us. Go after government to unsure our language in this area is not swept under the carpet. Anyone interested in forming a group of our own please feel free to contact me at rodneyrenouf@hotmail.com. I know the government throws money at any group that claims to be Acadian and that is why Campbellton and the surrounding area is known as the Acadian Coastal Drive, but Campbellton has never been an Acadian city! French lost the Acadia colony in 1755.